It looks more like they’re built out as very dense single-family housing, which doesn’t really leave space for trees. You live better at that density by using multifamily structures and leaving some open space for kids to play and trees to grow.
There’s actually plenty of room for trees, if they plan for retaining them, and / or if new trees are allow to grow.
I heard a presentation by a senior landscape architect from Sydney who discussed the various issues in tree planting to combat the heat island effect.
One thing, interestingly enough is an immigrant cultural background in which trees can be seen as ‘messy’ and thus not to be encouraged. This is a curious phenomenon to be tackled by education.
It looks more like they’re built out as very dense single-family housing, which doesn’t really leave space for trees. You live better at that density by using multifamily structures and leaving some open space for kids to play and trees to grow.
There’s actually plenty of room for trees, if they plan for retaining them, and / or if new trees are allow to grow.
I heard a presentation by a senior landscape architect from Sydney who discussed the various issues in tree planting to combat the heat island effect.
One thing, interestingly enough is an immigrant cultural background in which trees can be seen as ‘messy’ and thus not to be encouraged. This is a curious phenomenon to be tackled by education.