The Hindu·3 min read·medium
‘Need vertical forest cities in India, with skyscrapers integrated with urban biodiversity corridors’
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Aloysius Xavier Lopez
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Architecture students at a summit in Chennai proposed the integration of vertical forests and skyscrapers to combat urban heat and biodiversity loss. They argue that current urban planning fails to enforce green space mandates and that future developments must treat ecology as an integrated system.
As the concrete jungle in Indian cities such as Chennai has outgrown green cover and increased heat stress, these cities need vertical forest cities, integrating skyscrapers with urban farming, biodiversity corridors, carbon sequestration, and cooling landscapes.
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