Cities surrounded by green space

TooFar · June 9th, 2009, 06:52 PM

Are there any other cities in the world with a similar layout to Adelaide? The CDB/Downtown of Adelaide is completely ringed by parklands, it provides a nice buffer between the city and the suburbs.

the spliff fairy · June 9th, 2009, 10:05 PM

London Green Belt

buho · June 9th, 2009, 11:42 PM

Madrid has the Casa de Campo at southwest, that is a historic public park with 1.700 hectares and Monte del Pardo at northwest, that is a typical spanish forest of 16.000 hectares. In fact el monte del Pardo is the 24% of all Madrid's township.

Judazzz · June 9th, 2009, 11:49 PM

The first thing that comes to my mind when thinking about a city surrounded by green is Manaus, Brazil (although it's surrounded by rainforest rather than man-made greeneries).

TooFar · June 10th, 2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by the spliff fairy

London Green Belt

But that is outside the Metro area is it not? As you can see from the Adelaide pic, the parklands are a buffer between the city and the metro area.

bigbossman · June 10th, 2009, 11:22 PM

no the green belt surrounds the urban area of London and has prevented London swallowing near by towns up. Part of the green belt is within the greater london boundary.

entity99 · June 17th, 2009, 02:00 PM

urrr

Daniel Athias · August 3rd, 2009, 04:40 AM

Rio de janeiro...Of Course...

Daniel Athias · August 3rd, 2009, 04:56 AM

just take a look at image...by google earth

the green area is "tijuca national park"...its the biggest park inside an urban space....
At the past it was really different...until 1808 it was devastated to became farms to plant coffee...but by the order of the the king D.Joao I, they made one of the first reflorestation that we have notice.....

Fenix1981 · August 6th, 2009, 11:08 PM

[QUOTE=Daniel Athias;40701818]

Looks amazing.

Yuri S Andrade · August 8th, 2009, 06:14 AM

Actually, Floresta da Tijuca is surrounded by Rio de Janeiro and not the opposite.

D.D. · August 8th, 2009, 06:40 PM

Medellin, Colombia, it is surrounded by a big green valley and the city itself is very wooded.

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Roberto-i · August 29th, 2009, 04:08 PM

My city , Trieste , is located in the northeastern corner of Italy and is almost entirely sorrounded by greeneries , in these sat pix the dark green areas are forests and woodlands , the light green ones lawns , gardens , pastures and horts , mostly public.

the highway that runs around the city

image hosted on flickr

Most of these parks are provided with bike and hiking trails , and beautuful view over the city center , there are a lot of animals too , foxes , squirrels and even wild boars (no kiddin')

areas for climbers just outside of the city

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the falls of Val Rosandra

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we have also hundreds of great and small caves too , some of them available for tourists

image hosted on flickr

I love to live in the city and at the same time being so close to the nature

EricIsHim · August 29th, 2009, 04:26 PM

Hong Kong
A city of 1,090 sq km with 7 million people, but over 70% of the landmass within the boundary is undeveloped and over 40% of the landmass within the boundary is dedicated as country park.

Jim856796 · August 29th, 2009, 04:36 PM

Wasn't Moscow supposed to have a green belt around the city a few decades ago?

suddee123 · September 7th, 2009, 09:06 PM

great picture, never seen before so impressive and thank you very much

smokiboy · October 1st, 2009, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TooFar

Are there any other cities in the world with a similar layout to Adelaide? The CDB/Downtown of Adelaide is completely ringed by parklands, it provides a nice buffer between the city and the suburbs.

It's to bad Adelaide didn't stay a compact city.

Resquin · October 27th, 2009, 04:51 PM

Asunción, Capital del Paraguay!
Habitantes: 600.000 Area Urbana: 1.900.000
Asuncíon se encuentra frente al río Paraguay

Resquin · October 27th, 2009, 05:03 PM

Resquin · October 27th, 2009, 05:22 PM

Asunción y su vegetación en la ciudad

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Roberto-i BANNED Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 230 Likes (Received): 0	My city , Trieste , is located in the northeastern corner of Italy and is almost entirely sorrounded by greeneries , in these sat pix the dark green areas are forests and woodlands , the light green ones lawns , gardens , pastures and horts , mostly public. the highway that runs around the city image hosted on flickr Most of these parks are provided with bike and hiking trails , and beautuful view over the city center , there are a lot of animals too , foxes , squirrels and even wild boars (no kiddin') areas for climbers just outside of the city image hosted on flickr the falls of Val Rosandra image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr we have also hundreds of great and small caves too , some of them available for tourists image hosted on flickr I love to live in the city and at the same time being so close to the nature

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EricIsHim Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 4,429 Likes (Received): 0	Hong Kong A city of 1,090 sq km with 7 million people, but over 70% of the landmass within the boundary is undeveloped and over 40% of the landmass within the boundary is dedicated as country park. __________________ EricIsHim My PhotoBucket

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buho Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Madrid Posts: 5,650 Likes (Received): 117	Madrid has the Casa de Campo at southwest, that is a historic public park with 1.700 hectares and Monte del Pardo at northwest, that is a typical spanish forest of 16.000 hectares. In fact el monte del Pardo is the 24% of all Madrid's township.

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bigbossman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South East London Posts: 3,417 Likes (Received): 0	no the green belt surrounds the urban area of London and has prevented London swallowing near by towns up. Part of the green belt is within the greater london boundary.

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Daniel Athias Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rio de Janeiro-RJ Posts: 309 Likes (Received): 1	just take a look at image...by google earth the green area is "tijuca national park"...its the biggest park inside an urban space.... At the past it was really different...until 1808 it was devastated to became farms to plant coffee...but by the order of the the king D.Joao I, they made one of the first reflorestation that we have notice.....

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suddee123 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 10 Likes (Received): 0	great picture, never seen before so impressive and thank you very much

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