A ‘green, green, green’ Philippines 0 SHARES Share it! For instance, in the 2012 Asian Green City Index—a study of 22 major, often high-density Asian cities across certain criteria—Metro Manila registered very low in terms of the amount of green spaces available per inhabitant. Only those in Bangkok, Jakarta, and Kolkata had access to fewer green spaces. Indeed, unfettered urban sprawl has suffocated the green spaces that were once abundant and easily accessible across Metro Manila. Interestingly, a recent Aarhus University, Denmark, study related satellite maps of Denmark’s greenery with incidences of schizophrenia and found that who did not have access to green spaces within 210 sq.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 14, 2018 01:30 UTC