Environmental study is an indispensable tool in creating forward-thinking city comprehensive plans. Scientific study and understanding a city as an ecosystem will insure policies are adopted which take us toward resilience, health and sustainability.
“[Rapid rates] of urbanization, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population, will challenge our social systems, the way we manage natural resources, and the way we organize and build our cities. The question is, will the impact be negative or positive?
So will we allow cities to turn into concrete dystopias? Or will we create the green paradises that we deserve? From the first Earth Day in 1970 and creation of the Environmental Protection Agency to the rise of environmental advocates like Rachel Carson, David Suzuki, Sylvia Earle and David Attenborough, much has been done to educate and engage the greater public. In turn we’ve been able see cities in a new light.”
— “A Bright Future for Sustainable Cities” in The Revelator