ArmInfo
Infill development is one of the main causes of the ecological problems of a megalopolis, Chairwoman of the Association for Sustainable Human Development Karine Danielyan said during Moscow-Yerevan TV bridge.
Infill development has not only distorted Yerevan but has killed its green framework. When the municipal authorities started active construction in the center of Yerevan, they said that the city's master plan needed serious revision. "Today they are developing the city at the expense of its green areas and yards and we are worried that we may lose the cultural heritage and the very face of Yerevan," Danielyan said. She said that Armenia's capital needs environmentally friendly town planning. "Today we are already feeling the consequences of infill development - the temperature in Yerevan is growing more quickly than in the country," Danielyan said.
The head of laboratory of the Biological Department of Moscow State University Dmitry Kavtaradze said that infill development is real tyranny. "We should admit that today we cannot solve the problem of big cities intellectually. I think that by involving well-educated people in town planning activities might cause certain progress," Kavtaradze said.
December 09, 2010