Science

Cities and Buildings Need to Start Acting More Like Trees

BIOMIMICRY

The same survival characteristics found in trees and forests can be applied to developing new cities.

Dickson D. Despommier
Dickson D. Despommier
An illustration showing trees growing next to tall skyscrapers.
Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images
Dickson D. Despommier

Dickson D. Despommier

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