Land Lines October 2023
Features
Urban planners from major cities across the United States have pledged to address the profession’s contributions to systemic racism, segregation, and inequity. We caught up with several of them to learn how they’re working toward that promise.
In the 1980s, leaders in Burlington, Vermont, embarked on a multifaceted strategy to fight displacement in the city's Old North End. Four decades later, the city and the neighborhood have evolved in unexpected ways.
Trees are often touted as tools in the climate fight, for their ability to absorb and store carbon. But researchers have begun to document the role of other natural carbon sinks, from coastal salt marshes to microscopic fungi to elephants and other animal species.
