Introduction Oftentimes, it becomes a question if plants, trees, and green elements are important in a city’s design, especially that of its downtown. After studying the downtown of Halifax, NS, particularly that of Granville and Hollis Street, it is clear that the amount of green space does affect how people use the street. The robotic actions of people both walking and driving are because of the amount of plants, trees, and green elements present in the downtown.
Background
Halifax, Nova Scotia has been a city of development, especially in the downtown area which encompasses Hollis and Granville Street. In the 1950’s Halifax was no exception to the “decay [that] takes place most rapidly on the fringe of the centre” (Grant & Gregory, 2015). …show more content…
Gulsrud and Rutt in their paper “Green justice in the city: A new agenda for urban green space research in Europe” talks about the benefits urbans green space has on both the environment and the people within the city (2016). However, Bixby et al. in their paper “Associations between Green Space and Health in English Cities: An Ecological, Cross-Sectional Study” mentions how death rates did not significantly differ between the greenest and last green cities (2015). Although these are only two examples, it is more or less the same overall. Clearly, its affect that green elements have on the environment is still a highly debatable …show more content…
Initially, I believed that greenery would affect the routes that people take around the city. To me it seemed as though more people would chose to walk in areas with greenery than those without. However, by looking at Table 1.1, it is clear that more people continued to walk in areas where greenery is absent than those where there is greenery. Also, it became very apparent that although the study area is in the down town “active core” of Halifax, there were more cars parked along the side of the street as well as driving along it than people walking. It is clear from Image 1 and 2 that pedestrian wise, Hollis and Granville Street are “dead". From these images it is very easy to see the high amount of cars parked along the street in comparison to the people on the sidewalks. It should be noted however, that both Hollis and Granville Street have very little -plants, trees, or green elements; therefore, most routes along these streets are indeed without greenery. In saying that, Table 1.1 shows that there is almost and 20:1 ratio of people walking in areas without plants, trees, or green elements versus people in areas with these green elements. Overall, it is clear that green elements do not affect what route people decide to walk along currently but that it does affect whether or not people walk. Table 1.1 clearly shows that more people in this area prefer to drive rather than
Background
Halifax, Nova Scotia has been a city of development, especially in the downtown area which encompasses Hollis and Granville Street. In the 1950’s Halifax was no exception to the “decay [that] takes place most rapidly on the fringe of the centre” (Grant & Gregory, 2015). …show more content…
Gulsrud and Rutt in their paper “Green justice in the city: A new agenda for urban green space research in Europe” talks about the benefits urbans green space has on both the environment and the people within the city (2016). However, Bixby et al. in their paper “Associations between Green Space and Health in English Cities: An Ecological, Cross-Sectional Study” mentions how death rates did not significantly differ between the greenest and last green cities (2015). Although these are only two examples, it is more or less the same overall. Clearly, its affect that green elements have on the environment is still a highly debatable …show more content…
Initially, I believed that greenery would affect the routes that people take around the city. To me it seemed as though more people would chose to walk in areas with greenery than those without. However, by looking at Table 1.1, it is clear that more people continued to walk in areas where greenery is absent than those where there is greenery. Also, it became very apparent that although the study area is in the down town “active core” of Halifax, there were more cars parked along the side of the street as well as driving along it than people walking. It is clear from Image 1 and 2 that pedestrian wise, Hollis and Granville Street are “dead". From these images it is very easy to see the high amount of cars parked along the street in comparison to the people on the sidewalks. It should be noted however, that both Hollis and Granville Street have very little -plants, trees, or green elements; therefore, most routes along these streets are indeed without greenery. In saying that, Table 1.1 shows that there is almost and 20:1 ratio of people walking in areas without plants, trees, or green elements versus people in areas with these green elements. Overall, it is clear that green elements do not affect what route people decide to walk along currently but that it does affect whether or not people walk. Table 1.1 clearly shows that more people in this area prefer to drive rather than