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by rohittidke 2518 days ago
Could we plant trees in parking lots? A law must be made. In the US especially West Coast (Seattle) for example and also in Germany a lot of flat space has been taken by parking lots. Its actually crazy seeing these huge parking lots. Could we plant verticle wines and change the geometry (introducing gradients to add area for a tree - simple pythogoras concept) to add space for at least a tree per car slot or maybe at times even more.
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jws 2518 days ago
Many places in the US having zoning codes requiring trees or other plantings in parking lots of certain sizes. Success is mixed. Where I live a big box store will typically be built with a bunch of small trees planted which don't have adequate area for water to reach their roots. They will die in a few years and maybe be replaced by more tiny trees which die. So, that zoning might want to be revisited.

Writing laws to ensure outcomes with trees is hard. Our old suburban community, generally covered in mature trees, made rules that if a developer is going to tear down a house and build a new one the trees must all be inventoried, only a minimal number are allowed to be removed, the rest get fences around their drip lines for the duration of construction to protect their roots and at the end they are checked to make sure they weren't injured. Significant fines are involved for accidentally taking a tree… So now before a homeowner sells their property to a developer they "do a little landscaping" i.e. cut down all the trees except maybe some small ones on the lot lines. Problem solved!

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rohittidke 2517 days ago
Yup but its like a cat mouse game. There never will be no crime so the in the government laws must keep evolving, just as the thieves get more innovative. But the laws are needed. In Germany at least now they are taking climate change seriously. Munich has invested a lot in public Transport and by 2030 it would really at a good level. The parking lots Story I will make a Blog soon with preise carbon calculations so that its advantage us both for the Business and the climate.
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