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One way to promote green infrastructure in your city

  • Written by Thomas Fisher, Professor of Architecture, Director of the Metropolitan Design Center, and Dayton Hudson Chair in Urban Design, University of Minnesota
imageA public worker clears a storm drain in Carson City, Nevada.Cathleen Allison/AP Photo

Natural assets – “green infrastructure” – can provide communities with invaluable ecosystem services that clean our air, filter our water, mitigate natural disasters and improve our quality of life.

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