Green Corridors
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Problem
When natural areas exist only as isolated patches — a park here, a garden there — wildlife cannot move between them, stormwater has no continuous path to infiltrate, and pedestrians have no green route from one place to another. Connectivity matters as much as area.
Evidence and Discussion
Ecological research is clear: a network of narrow green corridors connecting larger natural areas supports more biodiversity than the same total area in isolated patches. The same corridors serve as pedestrian paths, stormwater channels, urban cooling strips, and recreational routes.
Therefore
connect every park, garden, natural area, and green space in the neighborhood with continuous green corridors — planted strips at least five meters wide along streets, lanes, or dedicated paths. These corridors should carry stormwater, support native vegetation, provide shade, and create continuous walking routes from any point in the neighborhood to the nearest natural area. The corridor is the connective tissue; without it, the green spaces are islands.