Forests and Trees in the City: Southwest Flanders and the Mekong Delta
- Meulder, Bruno De|Shannon, Kelly
Throughout the history of urbanism, there has almost always been an interweaving of structures of plantation with urban armatures and tissues. In Europe and Asia, forests have been the counter-figure of the city, embedded the city or complemented the city. Simultaneously, lines of trees are planted on public spaces. This has been systematically planned and constructed. Mature trees are known to improve air quality by reducing pollutants, reduce or mitigate storm water-run off—through the interception of precipitation, the increase of rainwater infiltration into open soil under tree canopies, an increase of water storage capacity of soils through evapotranspiration and the reduced impact of rain and therefore less erosion and pollutant wash-off—sequester carbon and enhance native biodiversity. Today, the climate change card is being played strongly into policy matters worldwide and pressure is on for nations worldwide to increase forest cover and green in urban areas. This chapter will investigate such matter through the lens of design research case studies in Southwest Flanders and the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
Misitu na Miti katika Jiji: Southwest Flanders na Delta ya Mekong - Meulder, Bruno DeShannon, Kelly Katika historia ya mijini, karibu daima kumekuwa na interweaving ya miundo ya kilimo na miundo ya mijini na tishu. Katika Ulaya na Asia, misitu imekuwa kinyume cha jiji, imewekwa ndani ya jiji au imekamilisha jiji. Wakati huohuo, mistari ya miti hupandwa katika maeneo ya umma. Hii imepangwa na kujengwa kwa utaratibu. Miti ya kukomaa ni inayojulikana kuboresha ubora wa hewa kwa kupunguza uchafuzi, kupunguza au kupunguza mvua ya mvua ya mvua kupitia kukamata mvua, kuongezeka kwa infiltration ya maji ya mvua katika udongo wazi chini ya canopies ya miti, ongezeko la uwezo wa kuhifadhi maji ya udongo kupitia evapotranspiration na athari iliyopunguzwa ya mvua na hivyo chini ya uharibifu na uchafuzi wa uchafuzi wa kaboni na kuongeza bioanuwai ya asili. Leo, kadi ya mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa inachezwa kwa nguvu katika masuala ya sera ulimwenguni kote na shinikizo linaendelea kwa mataifa ulimwenguni kote kuongeza kifuniko cha misitu na kijani katika maeneo ya mijini. Sura hii itachunguza jambo hilo kupitia lensi ya utafiti wa kesi ya utafiti wa kubuni katika Southwest Flanders na Delta ya Mekong nchini Vietnam.