Green infrastructure: Should we treat rivers like roads?

摘要

The debate over the nation's crumbling public works usually focuses on roads and bridges- but what's under those bridges ought to be part of the discussion, too, according to one advocate for naturalinfrastructure.Environmental author Stewart Brand, speaking at a sustainability conference here yesterday, said greeninfrastructure - rivers, forests and other natural features - deserves as much respect from policymakers ashighways and plays a role in managing climate change.