Starting from the idea that between environmental sustainability and development there is a strong link, Stefano Boeri tells about the possibility of building green and sustainable cities in North Africa in an interview with Dire, national press agency.
In fact the Architect quotes the Great Green Wall subsahariano “promoted by the African union in 2007 and that foresees a green areas system through Sahel and Sahara able to tackle the spread of the desert and the drought”.
Giving the right value to the natural element, to rural areas and thanks to desalination it is possible to realize Urban Forestry interventions, from Vertical Forests, building prototypes that welcome living nature both as a modulor and as a dweller, to Forest City models, which cancel the border between city and countryside.
The complete article on: http://www.dire.it/26-02-2019/301756-larchistar-boeri-citta-verdi-in-africa-si-puo/