Natural resources in an urbanizing world
August 07, 2024
August 07, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 7 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Leave the cooling shade and birdsong of Virginia's forests behind. Forget about the lifecycles of our interior rivers and streams, the arteries of our landscapes. Skip the coastal marshlands teeming with life, the shorelines of migrating birds forging for nesting materials.
Instead, imagine the commonwealth's cities.
Picture the century-old brick factories being converted to . . .
Leave the cooling shade and birdsong of Virginia's forests behind. Forget about the lifecycles of our interior rivers and streams, the arteries of our landscapes. Skip the coastal marshlands teeming with life, the shorelines of migrating birds forging for nesting materials.
Instead, imagine the commonwealth's cities.
Picture the century-old brick factories being converted to . . .