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"Even small green spaces can bring nature back into cities, as our project in
Ōtepoti Dunedin has shown.
Over the past two years, Dunedin’s city centre has become greener and more
biodiverse thanks to the installation of street-side planters.
This change, though modest, proves popular with a range of insects that have
moved in even though the city centre remains dominated by grey non-permeable
surfaces.
This real-world example shows that urban dwellers with limited green spaces can
still have a positive impact on urban biodiversity through the use of planters
and raised garden beds.
Since most New Zealanders live in urban areas, these are the places where
people frequently interact with and experience nature. The way we design cities
shapes our experience of the natural world, and it should include habitat for
our native flora and fauna.
As housing pressure rises, stand-alone homes with private gardens are
increasingly replaced by medium-density housing with limited greenspace. If we
want to keep our living environments green, we have to find ways to enhance
biodiversity in increasingly smaller spaces.
Opportunities to connect with nature are linked to increased mental and
physical wellbeing, sense of place and pro-environmental behaviours. In fact,
having a connection to nature was deemed equally important as income in a
recent Australian survey that ranked life satisfaction."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
