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As cities grew and people continued to campaign for the preservation of open space both within and around urban areas. Examples included the campaigns to save Hampstead Heath in London from development and create Central Park in New York City. Formal urban green space tends to be simpler and less biodiverse than natural areas and there is an interest in maintaining and increasing natural features and wildlife within the city through the establishment of urban nature reserves, wildlife gardens and tree planting. There is also a realisation that nature can re‐colonise neglected brownfield and wasteland sites and that some of these support rare wildlife. This has been the inspiration for the creation of new biodiverse landscapes like Emscher Park, a post industrial area in Germany and restored river corridors.
As cities grew and people continued to campaign for the preservation of open space both within and around urban areas. Examples included the campaigns to save Hampstead Heath in London from development and create Central Park in New York City. Formal urban green space tends to be simpler and less biodiverse than natural areas and there is an interest in maintaining and increasing natural features and wildlife within the city through the establishment of urban nature reserves, wildlife gardens and tree planting. There is also a realisation that nature can re‐colonise neglected brownfield and wasteland sites and that some of these support rare wildlife. This has been the inspiration for the creation of new biodiverse landscapes like Emscher Park, a post industrial area in Germany and restored river corridors.
Urban Nature
Grant, Gary (author)
Ecosystem Services Come to Town ; 65-79
2012-08-24
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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