Poor city planning has contributed greatly to the deforesting of DeForest City (London, Ontario) for years. Now climate change and foreign pests are at work as well. Under attack we are, by man and pest.
["October 2 issue of London Free Press"]
We need to slow or stop the development of our city outward and repair the damage to the tree population our sprawl has caused. (A more compact city, or an upward growing city is not a new idea, just one that has been brushed aside.) We need to slow the pace of climate change in order to defend the human population and natural wonders around us. And we must make more room for trees (and natural amenities) within urban boundaries so that humans can live closer to them.
Smaller homes and apartments are in order. Less tarmac over arable land.
Roll back 10 per cent of city streets. Rescue the land.
[Photos by G.Harrison]
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