London has the world's largest urban national park.

The plan begins with 3,000 city parks, 30,000 urban gardens, and two nature reserves. Everything would be connected by a single road network with a giant cycle path. The proposal is currently being considered by the British capital's city council.

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LONDON URBAN NATIONAL PARK –

Build a London, through a connecting network that will also have a unique cycle path, the largest urban national park in the worldA highly ambitious project, destined to change the face of the English metropolis, where 8,6 million inhabitants already live today and are set to increase significantly in the coming years.

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URBAN GREEN LONDON –

The starting point is the enormous green heritage, unique in the world, that London has today. We are talking about 3 parks and 30 urban gardens, over 8 million trees, and 2 nature reservesIn practice, half of the city's surface area (equal to the entire Aosta Valley) is green.

At this point, various environmental associations, private citizens, and political movements have moved to form a promotional committee (www.nationalparkcity.london), which is also proceeding with a fundraising campaign through crowdfunding. The proposal will soon be considered by the London City Council Assembly and could be approved by the end of the year..

THE BENEFITS OF THE URBAN NATIONAL PARK –

Ma What are the advantages of a gigantic and unique urban national park? First the territory is better protected from the aggression of construction which in London is constantly evolving, as if there were never a crisis, driven by a very effervescent real estate market. Secondly a tourist attraction is created which is unprecedented in the world, considering that the network would then be connected by the same bicycle path in the city. And finally, citizens would be encouraged to increase the surface area of ​​urban gardens which are already growing at an impressive rate.

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TO KNOW MORE: London is increasingly green, with urban allotments now numbering 350.

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