- Planted buildings: New ideas shows buildings with grasses or small trees on it. On the balcony for example or the roof. Furthermore, this innovation helps to optimize the land use of an urban. During the building of a building the environmental trees and grasses are often reduced or destroyed. With this innovation it can be stopped a little. Because you could implant these into the roof the building. This kind of innovation protects the environment more and also includes it into your everyday life.
- Expansion of bike path: The inhabitants of cities became more aware of the climate change, which is seen in their habits. They are trying to use more the bicycle than the car or the public transport. So, the urban land use planer considers more roads for bikes. The only concern in such planning was the readiness of the residents, if they would use it. Furthermore, the reason for the increasing use of the bike lies on the changing mindset of the population. The feeling of responsibility for the environment roses a lot.
- Intelligent rain management: The Ground of the urban can be innovated by using materials, which helps to get the water of the surface into a storage underneath the ground. So the collected water can be used to water the trees in the city or can serve as a resource for the fire department. An example, therefore, the city Pforzheim has something similar at the marketplace, were water can flow underneath. It’s used to entertain the people around. With a pump the stored water shoot from the ground into the air. The height can also be regulated. This is an interesting idea to use water wisely.
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