Edinburgh Science Festival: Tree Spotting: How Green is our Neighbourhood?

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Join us on a self-guided walk through Tollcross and its vicinity to discover the legacy of urban planning and neighbourhood characteristics!

About Edinburgh Science Festival: Tree Spotting: How Green is our Neighbourhood?

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Ever noticed the green around you? Join us on a self-guided walk through Tollcross and its vicinity to discover the legacy of urban planning and neighbourhood characteristics, as you look for trees and green spaces, counting cars and crossing roads!

Get a little background on Patrick Geddes, the 19th century Edinburgh-based sociologist and pioneer town planner through the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections, and learn about how scientists use historical and contemporary place-based information from the Lothian region of Scotland together with data from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 to understand the influence of environmental factors over the life course on our health later in life.

The tour can be accessed here. You will need a GPS enabled device to complete it – a smartphone, tablet or similar. It will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

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