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Mapping Chicago's Green Infrastructure

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Chris Steins
23 May 2004 - 11:00am

A new project maps greenways in the Chicago region.

"A new database and map of 'green infrastructure' in the Chicago regionmight help planners link trails and parks and yield new informationabout flooding, cooling and pollution.. With urban sprawl reaching out in all directions, environmentalists said the map will help them keep tabs on growth and save critical wildlife areas from destruction."

Full Story: Map charts out area's greenways
Source: The Daily Telegraph, May 21, 2004
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The challenges of urban sprawl in outlying areas--like dangerous neighborhoods in the center city, and severe declines in jobs within reach of working people or inner city public schools--are rarely shared and never undertaken on a truly regional basis.
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