green corridors
Nature's connecting routes
Green corridors are strips of vegetation connecting larger natural areas, allowing wildlife to move between habitats that would otherwise be isolated by urban development or agriculture.
City planners create green corridors along rivers, rail lines, or abandoned infrastructure to preserve biodiversity: The green corridor lets deer migrate between the two forest preserves.
The term also applies to designated low-emission routes for freight transport.
- treesWoody plants with trunks
- tree canopyUpper forest layer
- greenwaysRecreational linear open spaces
- wildlife crossingsInfrastructure for animal movement
- plantsPhotosynthesizing rooted organisms
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green corridorshabitat fragmentation
Breaking continuous environments into isolated patches
green corridorshighways
Major intercity roads
motorways · urban sprawl · impervious surfaces · industrial zones · parking lots
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