壁の穴が空き地の窓。猫の入り口にもなっているでしょう。A hole in the wall becomes a vacant lot’s window - and maybe the cat’s entrance, too?
Vacant lots that aren’t mowed frequently become a dense, green ocean in the middle of the city and are a beautiful sight (Nagoya, Japan).
In late summer, waterside informal greenspace like this one is overflowing with plants thriving in Nagoya’s hot, humid climate.
Behind a pro-forma fence and keep-out sign, a vacant lot informal greenspace savanna is waiting for explorers (Nagoya, Japan).
Our societies tend to push aside what does not conform or perform to their standards: plants, animals, but also people. Do we fight and displace them using herbicides, poison and social exclusion or do we recognize their rights and needs? All deserve a safe place in our cities they can call home.
Another example of how building material influences the chances of spontaneous vegetation to create informal greenspace. Excellent ecological studies have already been done on this topic, too (see Francis & Hoggart 2008, 2009, 20011)!
Gap informal greenspace can be found wherever human planning leaves little bits of land unused, here at the back of a small carpark next to a river in Nagoya, Japan.
Japanese cities sometimes do their best to hide their green side - behind buildings, car parks, highways, alongside rivers and canals. It’s time to make this informal greenspace accessible!
Nagoya’s dense urban core features countless gaps, often colonised by spontaneous vegetation. Such informal greenspace (非公式緑地) is always an interesting find on a walk.
Protected urban nature reserve or fenced off vacant lot with spontaneous vegetation?
