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Denver's green space is shrinking
The spiking heat dissipates in leafy central neighborhoods, said professor Austin Troy, chairman of CU Denver’s department of urban and regional planning. Hardest hit are the mostly paved downtown areas, RiNo and newly overhauled areas along the concrete I-25 and I-70 corridors, Troy said. Trees can help ease the heat. But Denver lags in trees and shrubs, with a 9.6-percent cover in 2009, compared, for example, with a 53-percent cover in Atlanta, a 2012 urban forestry study found.
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Professor Rocky Piro Interviewed by KGNU radio about the work of the Colorado Healthy Places Collaborative
Jul 22, 2019, 12:00 AM by CAPCU Denver's Urban and Regional Planning Research Associate Professor Rocky Piro, Executive Director of the Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism, was recently interviewed by KGNU radio about the work of the Colorado Healthy Places Collaborative.Full story -
Professor Jeremy Nemeth Interviewed by Denver Post about increased density and displacement along East Colfax
Jul 22, 2019, 12:00 AM by CAPCU Denver's Urban and Regional Planning Associate Professor Jeremy Németh was interviewed by the Denver Post for their recent article, “There’s speculators buying up houses:” Denver’s East Colfax braces for transit, density and displacement."Full story -
Professor Carrie Makarewicz interviewed by Daily Camera about housing issues in Boulder
Apr 17, 2019, 12:00 AM by CAPCarrie Makarewicz, Assistant Professor in CU Denver's Department of Urban and Regional Planning was recently interviewed by Daily Camera for the article, "Chamber eyes collaborative approach to growing."Full story
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