In a recent article spotlighting greenways in cities like Detroit, New Orleans, and Boston, Anne Lusk, a lecturer in Metropolitan College’s Gastronomy master’s degree program, told Time magazine that she believes urban leadership should make further investment in the reclaimed recreational spaces.
Lusk, a longtime scholar of greenways, wants to see cities make them more useable to residents by adding more bathrooms, benches, and playgrounds. She also hopes they will invest in protected bike lanes to transform the greenways into reliable thoroughfares.
At MET, Lusk teaches Urban Agriculture (MET ML 714), a course which interrogates questions about perceptions of public spaces and the place of nature in the urban environment. With an advisor’s approval, it can be taken as an elective in the MS in City Planning and MS in Urban Affairs programs.
Read more at Time.