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A new online tool shows where green infrastructure exists in Indiana and where it is needed.
Indiana University’s Environment Resilience Institute created the Indiana Green City Mapper. It tracks infrastructure like parks, food gardens, and urban forests.
Sarah Mincey is managing director of ERI. She said green infrastructure can bring sustainable benefits to communities, unlike gray infrastructure things like roads, bridges, and pipelines.
“It’s really easy for those kinds of infrastructure to break down over time, Mincey said. And requires really big investments to rebuild them.”
But Mincey said ERI plans to study more than just where green infrastructure is they want to find out who’s missing out on its benefits. For example, shade trees that protect people from extreme heat are more likely to be planted in wealthier neighborhoods.
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