#urbangreening — Public Fediverse posts

How the house and car nexus is destroying biodiversity

"Australian houses are among the largest in the world, averaging 236 square metres of living space"

"Local urban greening outcomes are subjugated to state government housing priorities."

"Driveway area has increased on average by 57% from 29m2 to 46m2."

"Front garden area has reduced on average by 46% from 102m2 to 55m2."

"Redevelopment has reduced canopy cover by 62% at the lot scale."

"Middle-ring suburban Sydney is experiencing a quiet yet profound transformation. As redevelopment accelerates, larger houses with expansive footprints and additional driveways are steadily replacing traditional front yards and gardens. This study examines 370 properties across Northern and Greater Western Sydney to quantify these changes. In areas where older, low-density homes have been replaced by newer, larger detached dwellings, the average front garden area has declined by 46%, while driveways and other impervious surfaces have increased by 57%. Most notably, front yard canopy cover has fallen by 62%. These patterns are not due to a lack of policy, but to a planning system in which local controls have become discretionary under ongoing state-level legislative reforms. Broader social trends toward larger homes and greater car ownership further reinforce this shift. The cumulative effect is leading to a substantial loss of private green space, contributing to higher urban heat, reduced biodiversity, and diminished connections with nature. Urban planning reform is urgently needed to embed minimum standards..."

Death of the front yards: How the house and car is replacing residential gardens >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275126001617

#cars #roads #housing #driveways #sprawl #expansion #MumAndDadDeveloper #UHI #UrbanHeat #gardens #backyard #GreenSpace #UrbanGreening #wildlife #biodiversity #trees #children #SmallLandclearing #UrbanPlanning #FossilFuel #dependency #failure #regulation #suburbia #Australia #culture

Image: Housing cars

Im Juni letzten Jahres fragten wir noch, wo das Grün an der Haltestelle in der Blücherstraße bleibt.
Ende 2025 wurden zwei ganze Reihen Bäume gepflanzt! Es gibt da eine Oberleitung? Egal! Wir haben Baumscheren!
Wir sind begeistert und werden ganz bestimmt auch Bilder von den Bäumen posten, wenn sie grün sind! Das ist schlicht und ergreifend vorbildlich!
So macht der ÖPNV und das Leben in Ulm Freude.
Wir hoffen auf noch viel mehr Bäume entlang der Straßenbahnen, in Straßen und auf Plätzen.
@stadtulm

#Ulm #Straßenbahn #ÖPNV #Stadtplanung #Verkehrswende #Klimaschutz #GrüneStadt #Nachhaltigkeit #UrbanGreening #GrünesGleisbett #Lebensqualität #Hitzeinsel #BäumeFürsKlima #Artenvielfalt #Zukunftsstadt #Mobilitätswende #MehrGrünInDieStadt

🏙️ The Hellish Trade Zones
(Ukrainian: “Торговельні пекельні зони”)

An older piece from 2017 — but still relevant today.
Using Landsat-8 thermal imagery, I explored how urban heat islands form in large commercial and industrial areas completely devoid of vegetation.

These “hellish trade zones” show surface temperatures exceeding 45–50 °C, while nearby shelterbelts and green spaces remain much cooler.
The visual storytelling approach — combining satellite data, maps, and simple explanations — helped raise public awareness about urban greening and environmental health in my city.

📍 Location: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
🛰️ Data: Landsat-8 (July 15, 2016), thermal band 10 + NDVI
🔗 More: https://www.datastory.org.ua/%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%b7%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b8/

#UrbanHeatIsland #RemoteSensing #Landsat #UrbanEcology #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalData #UrbanGreening #Geospatial #GIScience #OpenScience #DataVisualization #Ukraine #Sustainability #KryvyiRih #UrbanHealth

When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)

When street art meets nature, the results are stunning. Some artists blend their murals seamlessly with the landscape, while others use real plants to bring their work to life.

In Ecuador, El Decertor painted a mural that merges with the natural surroundings. In Martinique, Nuxuno Xän turned a tree trunk into part of a painted figure. In New York, OGMillie created a floral mural that brightens the urban space. In Brazil, Fábio Gomes Trindade’s portraits use real bougainvillea as hair, […]

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/07/27/when-street-art-meets-nature/

Zukunft oder Gegenwart? Zwei Bilder, zwei Welten.
Links: Die neue SWU-Haltestelle in Ulm – modernisiert, verlängert, aber leider grau in grau. Asphalt dominiert, kein Grün weit und breit. Im Sommer heizt sich alles auf, Artenvielfalt? Fehlanzeige.
Rechts: Düsseldorf zeigt, wie’s geht! Straßenbahn auf grünem Gleisbett, flankiert von alten Platanen, die Schatten spenden, die Luft kühlen und Lebensraum bieten. So geht klimafreundlicher ÖPNV!
Frage an die Stadtplaner:innen: Geht da in Ulm nicht noch mehr? Mehr Grün, mehr Bäume, mehr Lebensqualität?
Und noch was: Warum verlängern statt öfter fahren? Wer 25 Minuten auf die Bahn wartet, steigt nicht um. Nur ein attraktiver ÖPNV bringt die Verkehrswende!

#Ulm #Düsseldorf #Straßenbahn #ÖPNV #Stadtplanung #Verkehrswende #Klimaschutz #GrüneStadt #Nachhaltigkeit #UrbanGreening #Platanen #GrünesGleisbett #Lebensqualität #Hitzeinsel #BäumeFürsKlima #Artenvielfalt #Zukunftsstadt #Mobilitätswende #MehrGrünInDieStadt #ÖfterStattLänger

Unadorned houses, gray sidewalks, and few trees make up the Katendrechtse Lagendijk in Rotterdam.

Yet, tonight, it will transform into a blooming area of flower beds.

🌳🌸 #UrbanGreening #Tegelwippen

Really interesting insights in this paper about the wellbeing and community inclusion benefits of urban greening and landscaping in new developments / regeneration. No surprise, inclusion is more complex than just quantum of green space. https://bit.ly/3XoRXR4 #regeneration #greenspace #greeninfrastructure #urbangreening #wellbeing #mentalhealth #inclusion #urbannature #communitycohesion

#FYI #GoodNews #EcoGreen #SustainableLiving #GreenCities #Biodiversity #FloodPrevention #UrbanGreening #ClimateAction #EcoInitiative #GreenFuture #NatureInCities

"Dutch communities are replacing tiles with greenery to fight flooding and enhance biodiversity. 🌿🌍 This eco-friendly initiative is transforming urban spaces into green havens."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4oxxWcCV8

Thank you to everyone who came along on Wednesday night - you really make the night a lot of fun. If there was one take away from the evening it was Jim's talk.

"all the joys of life come from substances entering and leaving the body"
Jim Bellew 2024

#Networking #LiverpoolEvents #community #urbangreening #Liverpool #WorkAndPlay #thingstodoliverpool #community #dating #class #fying #entrepreneur #stories

OnlineFirst - "Greening the gentrification process: Insights and engagements from practitioners" by Jessica Quinton, Lorien Nesbitt, Daniel Sax, and Leila Harris:

#greengentrification #environmentaljustice #urbanforestry
#urbangreening

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486241236281

I don't have the training or expertise to fuel my motivated reasoning so as to disbelieve this emotionally disturbing result. Darn it.

"Albedo-induced warming effects of urban greening may outweigh the cooling effects of increased evapotranspiration."

#UHI
#UrbanGreening
#UnintendedConsequences

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JD038764?af=R

We're prepping #BugHotels for children to help fill with natural materials at our stall with Trees for Bermondsey (Twitter @BermondseyTrees) at GREENING THE BLUE this SAT 26 Nov / 12pm -3pm. Join the celebration for the Ada Salter Centenary with natural craft, workshops, book swap and more?
Free activities in The Blue Market, London SE16

#Bermondsey #TheBlueMarket #GreeningtheBlue #London #SouthLondon #EcoEvent #EcoCraft #UrbanGreening #StreetTrees #ParksforCities #AdaSalter