Here's a bit more discussion and details on this entry outlining Nashville's green goals. The New York Times article focuses on how the initiative in Nashville to be the greenest city in the Southeast is particularly significant in view of the flood that happened a year ago.
The Nashville Metro Government and nonprofit conservation groups were already working on the plan at the time of the flooding. The resulting destruction only heightened the city's need for a system of greenways that can act as natural flood barriers.
"The plan certainly will help us for protection for floods," Dean said in an interview after the announcement. "Part of what we're looking at is ways to preserve open space, water quality, natural habitat. By expanding the open space along the river, it should have a very positive impact on flood mitigation."
Nashville: Naturally calls for increasing the city's parkland and green infrastructure by 6,000 acres in the next 10 years and by another 6,000 by 2035. An additional 10,000 acres of floodplain and sensitive natural areas would also be protected in the next decade.
Downtown Nashville's tree canopy would be doubled and its impervious surfaces, such as parking lots, converted to pervious surfaces or natural plantings in the next 10 years.
Dean said he is committed to making Nashville "the most green, environmentally friendly city in the Southeast."
Great solution to the flooding problems for sure.
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