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Income Inequality, As Seen From Space
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Jun 13 2012 12:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Can you spot a wealthy neighborhood, from a less well-off one, . . . just by looking at satellite images?
Hint:
Urban trees reveal income inequality
The many benefits urban trees provide:
. . . Shade houses in the summer, reducing cooling bills.
. . . Scrub the air of pollution, especially of the particulate variety,
. . . . . . which in many poor neighborhoods is responsible for
. . . . . . increased asthma rates and other health problems.
. . . Reduce stress, which has its own health benefits.
. . . Large, established trees can even fight crime.
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