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why protecting urban parks and bush is vital as our cities grow and become denser

  • Written by Elizabeth Elliot Noe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the proportion of people who live in towns or cities exceeds 86%. With our lives increasingly lived in urban environments, it’s vital for our personal wellbeing – and the planet’s – that city planners find ways to...

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