News Headline

Cities fight climate change through ecosystem restoration

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2017-06-15

Flooding and extreme heat are projected to increase over the next few decades and will be extremely costly for cities to manage. But a new study from Simon Fraser University shows how cities working together to restore and maintain ecosystems can be cheaper than building hard infrastructure to respond to climate change, and provides additional benefits such as buoyant property values and community health.

Content
https://phys.org/news/2017-06-cities-climate-ecosystem.html