Category: Objective: Economic Growth

Wise microclimate tree selection for Cheapside

2/16/2018

In the centre of the City of London, between St Paul’s and Bank, the Cheapside area is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Since 2010, a series of major new developments have more than doubled the amount of retail floor space. The equivalent of a significant shopping mall is being created  in a high street location, primarily along Cheapside itself. In response, the City of London Corporation launched a streetscape improvement programme aimed at rebalancing the relationship between pedestrians and vehicles, creating a safer and more inclusive environment while maintaining the current traffic capacity. Traffic lanes have been narrowed to four metres and footways widened by an average of three metres.

Using rainwater for tree-based cooling on Garibaldi Street

2/16/2018

Lyon, France

Garibaldi Street is a major thoroughfare running through Lyon’s city centre.  Designed as an “urban motorway” in the 1960s, the oversized road no longer serves contemporary needs for development and quality of space. Refurbishment was initiated in the 1990s, and is now entering into a second, more ambitious phase expected to turn the six-lane road into a people- friendly green street that will also serve economic regeneration. The 2.6km project drastically re-allocates space between highway users. Pedestrians, cyclists and buses now have the lion’s share. The scheme features extensive tree planting, designed to provide shade and manage surface water runoff from the footways and cycle paths. Structural “skeleton” growing medium is being used underneath footways and cycle paths to maximise the rooting volume.

Wise microclimate tree selection for Cheapside

Using rainwater for tree-based cooling on Garibaldi Street

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