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Ryan Plummer

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Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University

Cities can prepare for climate change emergencies by adding green spaces to help manage stormwater, heat stress and air quality. (Shutterstock)

June 11, 2020

How cities can add accessible green space in a post‑coronavirus world

Ryan Plummer, Brock University; Darby McGrath, Brock University, and Sivajanani Sivarajah, Toronto Metropolitan University

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the lack of green space available to those living in urban areas. Cities must be managed as ecosystems to make them more liveable and resilient.

Thousands of people evacuated Calgary when its two rivers flooded in June 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

November 14, 2019

3 ways cities can prepare for climate emergencies

Ryan Plummer, Brock University; Darby McGrath, Brock University; Jessica Blythe, Brock University, and Julia Baird, Brock University

Hundreds of Canadian municipalities have declared climate emergencies but many have yet to take action.

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