Greenways mend together fragmented cities:
Greenways mend together fragmented cities
Environment
preserve natural habitat, natural plant communities and wildlife corridors
Planning
bring order to suburbs and redesign inner city suburbs
Community
equalize open-space access for the greatest number of people
Ferrara walls Historic bridge :
Ferrara walls Historic bridge
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS:
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS Greenways as habitat
greenway’s ability to provide habitat depends upon its size, location and the needs of species
Greenways as conduit
greenways might connect otherwise isolated parts of the landscape allowing species to reach necessary habitat
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS:
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS Greenways as barrier
preventing movement, example: some species wouldn’t cross a river
Greenways as filter
allowing some things to pass and inhibiting others, example: some animals might fall victim to predators
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS:
GREENWAYS FUNCTIONS Greenways as source
source of things which move out, example: source of water for surrounding arid landscape, source of seeds for surrounding urbanized landscape
Greenways as sinks
it acts as sink when something moves into but doesn’t travel back out, example trapped sediments or toxins
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