No single reason makes a compelling story but the mixture of reasons are plausible. You would think in these times that the positive benefits of human capital investment in public works would be taken on board, but apparently not.
I like living in a remarkably green city (Brisbane) and I can assure you the costs are massively outweighed by the benefits. The same is true in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Paris (and Melbourne and Adelaide) -all cities with a living green heart and streetscape as well as behind private walls, and in suburbs.
Where modern high density building codes deny trees a role the local microclimate is terrible. City flooding is worse, birdlife empoverished, and kids lack spaces to play in nature. It's insane.
Vote for taxes which plant trees in cities people.
I like living in a remarkably green city (Brisbane) and I can assure you the costs are massively outweighed by the benefits. The same is true in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Paris (and Melbourne and Adelaide) -all cities with a living green heart and streetscape as well as behind private walls, and in suburbs.
Where modern high density building codes deny trees a role the local microclimate is terrible. City flooding is worse, birdlife empoverished, and kids lack spaces to play in nature. It's insane.
Vote for taxes which plant trees in cities people.