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Date: 16-7-2024<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month, a report from the Green City Challenge <\/a> revealed that greening in many Dutch cities and towns is decreasing. This concerns the greening of urban living environments, such as public green spaces and gardens. The report \u2018Care for Green<\/a>\u2019 by the Rotterdam Audit Office shows that while there is a great desire to green cities, there are insufficient financial resources available. Additionally, municipal departments are often thinking too much within their own frameworks instead of collaborating. These are worrying developments in light of increasing climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More Tiles, Less Green<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Green City Challenge report shows that the proportion of tiles and asphalt in Dutch public spaces has increased by 0.5%. At the same time, the proportion of private and public green spaces has shrunk by 2.6%. There is a slight increase in shrubs by 0.3%, but tree canopy coverage has decreased by 0.6%. Only 15% of cities are covered with trees. This is far below the 30% prescribed by the 3-30-300 rule*. Due to population growth, the amount of green space per inhabitant has drastically decreased. This applies to both public green space per inhabitant, which has decreased by 8%, and total green space per inhabitant, which has decreased by 19%. According to the Utrecht Audit Office<\/a>, the number of households in Utrecht has increased by about 7% over the past 7 years. At the same time, the green space has only increased by 2.5%, meaning there is net less green space in the area. In short, many thousands of square meters of valuable green space have been lost.<\/p>\n\t

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