ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月15日 23時51分

Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul, South Korea, 2015 by @simoncroberts. The photograph is one of several I have featured in the April 2016 issue of the magazine alongside the story 'How Urban Parks Are Bringing Nature Closer To Home' by Ken Otterbourg.

Cheonggyecheon was created in 2005 by removing a four-lane elevated freeway and restoring the stream which runs 5km through downtown Seoul. To ensure a constant flow, more than 30 million gallons of water is pumped in daily from the nearby Han River. Most residents view that artificiality as an acceptable trade-off for the serenity the park brings to the city and how it has been a catalyst of revitalization in the downtown area.

Until the mid 1600s urban parks were private; the exclusive domain of wealthy families and royalty. Today urban parks are increasingly being created from reclaimed lands in and around cities. Viewed as essential to the wellbeing of residents and as an effective way to promote economic development, they represent a new imaginative era of experimentation. #urbanparks

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