Urban Spaces
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About Urban Spaces
Plazas, office buildings, multifamily dwellings, townhouses, and mixed-use projects are documented in this showcase of recently developed urban spaces. Features the work of more than 30 architectural teams included Gensler, Sasaki, Skidmore Owings Merrill, Urban Design Assoc. , and Site.
Tree of the Year 2023: Wrexham's sweet chestnut wins competition
... This year s competition, run by the Woodland Trust, aimed to celebrate ancient and veteran trees in Urban Spaces...
Hedgehog population plummets in UK countryside, research suggests
... How to make your garden hedgehog-friendlySource: Grace Johnson runs an urban conservation campaign called Hedgehog Street, an effort to help people make sure their gardens provide a connected network of habitat in Urban Spaces...
Budget 2021: What has already been announced?
... An extra £9m will also go towards allowing councils to turn neglected Urban Spaces into " pocket parks" roughly the size of a tennis court...
Budget 2021: £2bn for new homes on derelict or unused land
... " Transforming our unloved and neglected Urban Spaces will help protect our cherished countryside and green spaces, while improving the physical and mental health of our communities...
Hedgehog population plummets in UK countryside, research suggests
The population of hedgehogs in rural Britain is continuing a " steep decline" according to research.
The State of Britain's Hedgehogs report found numbers are down in rural areas by between 30% and 75% since 2000.
It is a " stark contrast" in towns and cities though, where the data showed that hedgehog populations may be starting to recover.
The familiar, prickly mammals need hedgerows and field margins; loss of those could be driving The Decline .
The Report , by wildlife charities The People 's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS), used data gathered between 1981 and 2020 from five ongoing surveys. This showed that hedgehogs have undergone a long historic decline, but that there are now " vast differences" between urban and rural populations.
Fay Vass, chief executive of BHPS, said that urgent action was needed to understand why rural areas no longer provide suitable hedgehog habitat.
" They have lived here for at least half A Million years, " She Said . " So we need to understand how conservationists, farmers and land managers can work together to prevent hedgehogs from becoming extinct in the countryside. "
The charities say that the picture in cities, towns and villages is, perhaps surprisingly, much more positive.
While road mortality is highest around urban areas, well managed, wildlife-friendly gardens and parks can provide refuges for The Animals .
How To make your garden hedgehog-friendlySource:
Grace Johnson runs an urban conservation campaign called Hedgehog Street, an effort to help people make sure their gardens provide a Connected network of habitat in Urban Spaces . She Said that the familiar mammals can travel about One Mile (1. 6km) every night through gardens and parks In Search of food and mates.
" Gardens can be havens for hedgehogs, but Only If they are Connected via gaps in or under garden boundaries To Let hedgehogs in and out.
" A 'hedgehog highway' (a 13cm/5in or CD-case-sized square gap) will enable hedgehogs to roam between neighbouring gardens and green spaces, which is vital to their survival. "
Source of news: bbc.com
