麻豆影院 200 empty lots in Cleveland, Ohio are transforming into rain and food gardens, places for the community to gather, and areas to encourage native plant growth and wetland restoration. It is part of a pilot project that will use the spaces to build resistance to climate change in the city鈥檚 neighborhoods.
麻豆影院鈥檚 is teaming up with Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, the City of Cleveland Mayor鈥檚 Office of Sustainability and the State University of New York at Buffalo for the Cleveland Climate Resilience & Urban Opportunity Plan.
According to , the temperature in Cleveland is rising three times faster than the national average. From 1956 to 2012, scientists found that the temperature climbed 2.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Researchers site paved surfaces and few trees to produce shade.
The project represents a "midrange action at the site, block, neighborhood scale鈥攕omewhere between turning off the light switch and saving the polar bears," said , director of 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collective.
To learn more about the four Cleveland neighborhoods that the collective is targeting, and how its measuring success for future projects, visit .
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