'Switch road cash to green projects'.SOME of the billions of pounds being spent on road building should go to planting millions of trees, providing new parks New Parks is an area in the city of Leicester, England. It is in the west of the city, close by the county border (west of which is Glenfield. South of New Parks is the Western Parks area, and to the east is the Newfound Pool area. and creating "green" roofs in towns and cities. Switching public spending to "greening" urban areas would tackle the twin problems of climate change and the recession, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the UK government, established in 1999. It is funded by both the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Communities and Local Government. (Cabe) and Natural England. Instead of focusing on "grey" infrastructure such as road building or widening schemes, investment is needed for hundreds of thousands of green roofs covered with plants, millions more street trees and more parks and green areas, the groups claim. Greening towns and cities would help tackle climate change - by saving carbon, helping warming urban areas keep cool and reducing flood risk through greener roofs and spaces which absorb water. Investment in green places would also create jobs and promote walking and cycling, they said. |
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