Guiding Green Development in the Everglades The Florida everglades are the largest subtropical wetland in the United States. But as vast as this ecosystem is now, it’s about half the size it was 100 years ago. The reason, in large part, is due to South Florida’s swelling population. To protect this land, planners from Florida’s most populous county, Miami-Dade, designed a system of ecofriendly trails and recreational destinations along the county’s western edge, connecting the Everglades to more developed areas. To draw the boundaries of this Greenway, the country partnered with a NASA DEVELOP
Guiding Green Development in the Everglades The Florida everglades are the largest subtropical wetland in the United States. But as vast as this ecosystem is now, it’s about half the size it was 100 years ago. The reason, in large part, is due to South Florida’s swelling population. To protect this land, planners from Florida’s most populous county, Miami-Dade, designed a system of ecofriendly trails and recreational destinations along the county’s western edge, connecting the Everglades to more developed areas. To draw the boundaries of this Greenway, the country partnered with a NASA DEVELOP team from the University of Georgia. NASA’s Applied Sciences’ DEVELOP project, spearheads partnerships seeking solutions to environmental issues and identifies ways to use satellite data in decision-making. By integrating NASA satellite data about land cover, vegetation and tree cover parameters into a computer model that helps determine a landscape’s suitability, park planners were able to pinpoint the best locations in the Greenway for recreation, conservation, and ecotourism. ( )
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