Urban Green Spaces Face Growth Pressures

Across several cities, planners and community groups are working to preserve or create green spaces as urban areas change. Eden Prairie expects population growth by 2050 and may need denser housing, while aiming to protect its parks, wetlands, lakes and trails. In Lower Manhattan, Battery Urban Farm gives thousands of students hands-on lessons in growing food and offers a restorative outdoor setting. In Portland, residents have fought to protect mature trees, while a proposed boutique apartment development in Sydney incorporates a secluded garden as part of its design.