http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: paving flooding garden - Recent Topics en Tue, 19 May 2026 13:28:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19896#post-315752 Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:13:46 +0000 Rosie 315752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Paving front gardens for parking yer air-poisoner makes me furious. The trend for paving in gardens generally makes me furious. I live on a flood plain, and the neighbours go and pave their garden. I've been getting rid of the slabs in my garden to grow plants (what gardens were invented for, you pillocks).</p> <p>This has been a stealth herbicide happening all over Edinburgh. </p> <p>"“An area of Edinburgh the size of nine football pitches is being lost each year to urban creep, a study has found.</p> <p>This happens when green spaces such as gardens are covered over, either by paving or home extensions.<br /> Urban creep can cause problems because it reduces the amount of open land which can absorb rain water, putting extra pressure on drains.</p> <p>It is hoped the study, the first of its kind in Scotland, will help with future flood management planning.</p> <p>Researchers studying aerial images found that 11 hectares of green land in the capital is being lost annually, more than six hectares of it through urban creep.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50013718" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50013718</a> </p>