Bartow County Greenspace Program KBB Greenspace
Why Is It Important?
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- Parent Category: Keep Bartow Beautiful
- Last Updated on 24 May 2011
- Published on 24 May 2011
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Reasons Why Greenspace is So Important to Bartow County:
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1. Conservation of resources, Best Management Practices in land use
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- Makes economic growth possible
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- Resources can be maintained at sustainable levels
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- Societal breakdown (crime, driving habits, disconnected communities)
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- Improved health, quicker healing, better overall mental fitness
3. Protecting the natural learning laboratory
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- Benefits students and teachers in science
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- Promotes critical thinking skills
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- Engages and stimulates creativity
•4. Greenspace is economically beneficial as it can effectively help to avoid costly disasters & other negative impacts
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- Noise pollution
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- Non point-source pollution from hardscapes, cleanup costs
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- Destruction due to natural disasters, flooding and erosion
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- Negative impact due to “heat island” effect
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