Thami Croeser
@_ficus
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Urban planner, obsessed with urban greening. Planning for nature in Europe with @UrbanGreenUP🇪🇺, doing a doctorate at @RMIT_CUR. Seldom here because of Elon.
Melbourne
Joined February 2020
Everyone wants a greener city, but where do we find the space for all those new trees? . We've just published new research that shows how to do exactly that. It's actually pretty simple: park your car in a garage!.
theage.com.au
Researchers say replacing asphalt with trees would bring people back to the city and kick-start its post-COVID recovery.
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RT @modacitylife: Girona has long-term plans to tunnel the elevated train tracks running through the heart of the city, but in the meantime….
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RT @BrentToderian: Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and mo….
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RT @NatureComms: Many cities fail the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature. The ‘3’ is often met and the ‘300’ is patchy due to poor tree ca….
nature.com
Nature Communications - The study reveals that most buildings in eight global cities fail the 3-30-300 benchmark for urban nature, due to insufficient tree canopy. The ‘3’ standard is...
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RT @BrentToderian: THIS IS HUGE. Paris City Hall has announced that starting on Monday, Paris will limit (not ban) car traffic in the city….
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RT @BrentToderian: In the last 20 years, 44 hectares of Paris car parking has been transformed, making room for wider sidewalks, bikes and….
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RT @BrentToderian: They say “We can’t do that. We’re not Amsterdam.” You reply “Amsterdam wasn’t always like that either” and show before &….
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RT @StreetsYarra: Have you seen our posters, in Fitzroy, Richmond, and Burnley? The QR code takes you to our candidate scorecard. https://….
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RT @modacitylife: The most ambitious car-free scheme on the continent, Montréal pedestrianized 11 commercial arteries—totaling 9.4 km—in se….
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RT @ResearchRMIT: A great piece by @_ficus and @HollyKirk for @ConversationEDU on using 'stepping stones' to connect isolated #wildlife hab….
theconversation.com
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours.
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RT @EmmanuelSPV: Avant / Après Rue du Docteur Magnan dans le 13ème arrondissement de Paris. Du stationnement a été retiré pour de la végéta….
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RT @HollyKirk: More #urbanEcology to help inform #urbanPlanning - hot off the press today!.📰🌿📢🐝🗺️🌱. Stepping stones for wildlife: how linki….
theconversation.com
Our cities are full of obstacles and hazards for native wildlife but also contain many valuable patches of habitat. Creating green spaces to connect these patches improves their lives and ours.
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RT @EmmanuelSPV: Avant / Après Rue Mouton-Duvernet dans le 14ème arrondissement de Paris. Une ancienne rue parking entre deux parcs a été p….
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RT @willnorman: To enable more Londoners to switch trips, we're continuing to expand @MayorofLondon's network of cycleways. The newest s….
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RT @modacitylife: Vienna's first Dutch-inspired bicycle street is nearing completion on Argentinierstraße; totally transforming the 1.3 km….
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RT @EmmanuelSPV: Avant / Après la rue aux écoles Rue Guillaumot dans 12ème arrondissement de Paris
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RT @BrentToderian: This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It has successfully been “opened” to everything else,….
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RT @berkie1: Under Mayor @SadiqKhan, London’s Cycleway has quadrupled in length, from 90km in 2016 to 360km today. Cycling numbers are up 2….
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