Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Paris hopes to create forest 5 times bigger than NYC's Central Park

Paris has been forging a reputation recently for battling urban air pollution, but they could go really green with a 1,350-hectare forest. The Syndicat Mixte d'Aménagement de la Plaine de Pierrelaye-Bessancourt (SMAPP) project could create a forest five times the size of Central Park in New York City around 18 miles northwest of the city center. Business Insider reported the location for the forest is a wasteland right now, serving as an unofficial landfill, but the SMAPP plan would transform the...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/paris-hopes-to-create-forest-5-times-bigger-than-nycs-central-park
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