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@Tom
If other urban centers (not just Paris) can stay green while having high density we can too.

It seems to me you assume that every other city in existence has solved the problem of combined sewer systems and has done so just by preserving green space and not by spending hundreds of millions on separation or containment.

This is false. Paris does the same thing we do - dump it when it overflows.

There should be some sort of charge for removing pervious surface, and this charge could be reduced/eliminated if you install mitigating devices like green roofs, connected planter boxes, etc. But you have to propose a reasonable solution and reasonable regulations. "We can't build anything until we figure this out" is unreasonable and unrealistic.

by MLD on Jun 29, 2012 10:32 am • link • report

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