Losing Ground: Urban Parks in Peril as Cities Struggle to Balance Growth and Green Space Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of human activity, yet some of the most pressing urban issues revolve around a seemingly mundane aspect of city planning: parks.
The recent protests in Bengaluru over plans to develop protected parkland for infrastructure projects demonstrate that even as we build taller and denser, we're sacrificing our green spaces on the altar of progress.
Bengaluru's vegetation cover has shrunk dramatically since the 1970s, accompanied by a sharp rise in land surface temperatures.