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Urbanization, Export Crops Drive Deforestation
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In Reversal, Land Is Cleared for Global Trade and Big Cities, Says Study
The drivers of tropical deforestation have shifted in the early 21st century to hinge on growth of cities and the globalized agricultural trade, a new large-scale study concludes.
The observations starkly reverse assumptions by some scientists that fast-growing urbanization and the efficiencies of global trade might eventually slow or reverse tropical deforestation. The study, which covers most of the world’s tropical land area, appears in this week’s early edition of the journal Nature Geoscience. Read the rest of this entry »
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Urban ‘green’ spaces may contribute to global warming
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Turfgrass management can create more greenhouse gas than plants remove from atmosphere
Dispelling the notion that urban “green” spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found – in Southern California at least – that total emissions might be lower if lawns did not exist.Turfgrass lawns help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and store it as organic carbon in soil, making them important “carbon sinks.” However, greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer production, mowing, leaf blowing and other lawn management practices are similar to or greater than the amount of carbon stored by ornamental grass in parks, a UC Irvine study shows. Read the rest of this entry »
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Urban Homes Offer a Modern House within Your Favorite City
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While some people may prefer to buy a home and raise a family outside of the city, many others are choosing to stay inside the city limits. Urban home plans are designed to help conserve a city’s green space while providing a chic housing style for homeowners. You will never see two urban house plans with the same design or style. Custom home designers are able to work with the property holder to create each room to match their living style while efficiently using the space allowed.
Owners Provided with Numerous Styling Options
Custom urban home plans are highly desired by those that want to live in a city and still have a say in how the home is constructed. There are many different features that can in incorporated into the home for a unique look. Urban architecture generally follows some of the same characteristics that loft homes use. High ceilings with many windows are common elements designers utilize. Read the rest of this entry »
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Trending Towards Urban Living
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A growing migration out of the suburbs is leading to higher demand for urban properties
High fuel prices and walkability are key factors in many downtown buyers’ decision.
The quintessential American dream used to include a suburban house with big yard, but homebuyers are increasingly dreaming of a walkable urban lifestyle along with their dog and two kids.
Flight from urban areas began after World War II, when thousands of returning soldiers and their young families needed inexpensive housing. In Leviitown, an early Long Island, N.Y., suburb, developers built more than 17,000 virtually identical Cape Cods. The development served as a model for later ‘burbs, and the middle class migration out of the city continued until a peak in the 1980s. Read the rest of this entry »
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