Stress reduction
Urban trees have a proven positive effect on human wellbeing. Greenery promotes the happiness of city dwellers and helps to reduce stress.
ACO Sponge City concepts for urban quarters
Cities have always attracted people from different backgrounds and cultures. This is where new ideas and trends are born. However, as centres of economic activity, cities also cause environmental pollution such as air pollution, noise and CO2 emissions. The urban climate is often very different from the climate in rural regions. Asphalted and concreted city centres heat up more when exposed to sunlight. Night-time temperatures in summer are up to 10 °C higher than in the surrounding countryside. Children, the elderly and sick people in particular, suffer as a result. Urban greenery reduces heat stress. Especially City trees in particular improve the urban microclimate.
Urban trees and their function
“Too much water during heavy rainfall, too little in dry periods - the solution lies in a watersensitive sponge city.”
Other relevant products in the ACO Sponge City modular system
