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Beach at the river Maas in Rotterdam, The Netherlands © Steven Barnhard

Attractive green city = less transport

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If there is sufficient attractive greenery in the direct living environment, citizens have less need to leave the city in weekends Rainer, 2000. This limits the use of energy for transport.

A good green urban infrastructure for slow traffic encourages the use of bicycles and keeps urbanites out of their cars, saving on transport energy.

A further introduction of urban agriculture and local sales limits the amount of energy required for transporting food.

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