As the proportion of the world’s population living in urban environments increases and those in rural ones decrease, the design of places to help us keep nature in sight becomes more vital. Green roofs, walls, parks, allotments all offer growing spaces as well as visual interest and the importance to society of these green lungs needs to be recognised.
There is potential to integrate a more natural landscape into towns. People who care about nature and are interested in managing natural environments will join together to create such places. In this e-book Elizabeth Wrigley details how Garden Cities can create self-reliance in energy, food and water and a shared vision for communities…
