It seems like a ‘no brainer’ to use urban greening to help cities adapt to increasing heat, but the uptake of green infrastructure, such as trees and vegetated roofs, surfaces and walls, is slow. Why?
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Planting more trees in our cities is a good idea, but we need to remember to plan ahead for conditions those trees might encounter when they mature in half a century’s time.
Built-up urban environments transform the resource of rainwater into wasted runoff. Low Impact Development mimics nature to help get stormwater into the natural water system.
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Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies for Environmental Engineering, and Canada Research Chair in Stormwater and Low Impact Development (Tier II), Carleton University
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Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Illinois Research Climatologist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Professor in Planning, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Professor ISGlobal Barcelona and Professorial Fellow, ACU Melbourne, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture , University of Toronto
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Research Assistant, GRIT Lab, University of Toronto
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PhD student in the School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Practice, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer and Researcher, Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Sciences, Gonzaga University
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Lecturer and Programme Leader, BA International Tourism and Events Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer in Enviromental Law, Macquarie University