The “alternate” PICTURE IS THE SAME PICTURE.
Concrete urban areas also do this.
It’s almost unavoidable tho in car dependent suburbia due to the need for more roadways
Concrete has been the building block of humanity and will also be our undoing.
That bottom right picture isn’t any better than the top right one.
Except if you consider the number of dwellings on the same area of land…
But yeah, the images are very poorly chosen and don’t really show that at all
yeah but like, theres a big tree in it, so that counteracts the buildings. kinda like if you eat a donut and then a salad, the salad calories cancel out the donut calories
I mean… yes, if you place any kind of permanent structure in the ground, water will have to flow around it… it doesn’t really matter what the structure is for.
I’m curious, how do you think that this differs from any other type of building or transportation structure?
Also, you’re aware that landscape engineering is a thing right? In many jurisdictions in the US, building codes require that new construction plan for and conduct studies to ensure that there is minimal impact to water collection and runoff. The EPA has a page on ordinances for urban runoff.
![[image] Concrete suburbs disrupt the natural water cycle.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d4a4b893-5a66-497c-8c46-77cf6cd99eee.png){kind=link}