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tZ COMMON GROUND VOL. 14 Noe JANUARY-MARCH2O03 181 T R A T S The 15 member countries of the European 62. 9 million in 1996 and increased to 66 . 1 Union (europa . eu. mt) agreed on Dec . 9 to million in the new survey . The U . S . Census create the largest emission trading market in Bureau contacted 80 ,000 households for the the world to help combat global warming . survey, with follow-up interviews with The agreement sets the stage for the EU to 45,000 people . meet a 2010 target under the Kyoto Protocol of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 8 % A Japanese study of more than 2,200 senior compared with 1990 levels . As of 2000, EU citizens has linked longevity with access to emissions had been cut by 3 . 5 %, mostly walkable green spaces such as parks and through efforts by Germany and the United tree-lined streets . Living in areas with Kingdom . Under the emission trading walkable green spaces positively influenced scheme, absolute limits will be placed on the longevity of urban senior citizens even carbon dioxide emissions from specific ir1- after taking into consideration their age, sex, The researchers Trading of emis- marital status, functional status and socioeco- suggest that dustries beginning in 2005 . sion allowances are projected to cut the costs nomic status, the researchers found . A posi- accessible of meeting the targets by 35 % as companies five attitude toward one ' s community also greenery filled that surpass their pollution targets through led to a longer life , according to "Urban Resi- low-cost measures sell unused pollution al- dential Environments and Senior Citizens ' public areas should lowances to companies that need them. Longevity in Megacity Areas : The lmpor- be emphasized in tance of Walkable Green Spaces, " which urban planning . The United States lost more than 6 million appeared in the Journal of Epidemiology and acres of farmland to development between Community Health (jech.bmijournals . com / 1992 and 1997, and the rate of loss is acceler- cgi / content / full / 56 / 12 / 913) . The research- ating, the American Farmland Trust reports . ers suggest that accessible greenery-filled Texas led the nation in the amount of high- public areas should be emphasized in urban quality farmland lost, followed by Ohio, planning . Health, construction, civil engi- Georgia, North Carolina and Illinois, accord- neermg, planning, and other sectors should mg to "Farming on the Edge : Sprawling collaborate in developing and implementing Development Threatens America' s Best urban policy to promote the health of senior Farmland (farmland . org) . Other findings : citizens, they said . From 1982 to 1997, the U . S . population grew 17%, while urbanized land mushroomed Atlanta should raise $400 million by 2012 to 47% . Over 20 years, the acreage per person acquire a signature 500-acre park and double for new housing has almost doubled . And the size of the city' s 3, 122-acre park and since 1994, housing lots over 10 acres have greenspace system, according to a mayoral accounted for 55 % of the land developed in task force report . Mayor Shirley Franklin' s the nation. The study includes national and Parks and Green Spaces Task Force Report state maps of farmland at risk of develop- (parkpride . org) , which was released in No- ment as well as a ranking of the top 20 states vember, concluded that the city' s depart- The recommenda - by acreage of prime farmland already lost . ment of parks is " dysfunctional, " and needs tions are aimed to be replaced with an independent Atlanta at rectZfling Americans spent $108 billion in 2001 on Park District with taxing and bonding au- hunting, fishing, birdwatching and other thority patterned after the Chicago Park Atlanta S low wildlife-based recreation, the Fish and Wild- District . The recommendations are aimed at rankings in terms life Service reports . Hunting and fishing rectifying Atlanta' s low rankings in terms of of park acres per continue to decline in popularity while wild- park acres per 1 ,000 residents (7.5 compared life watching is on the rebound since 1991 , with a national average of 13 .4) and park 1 , 000 residents . according to the "2001 National Survey of acreage as a percentage of the city (3 . 7% Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated compared with an 11 % national average ) . Recreation" (federalaid . fws . gov), the 10th The $400 million in park funding would mil- come from a $200 million bond referendum survey since 1955 . But the nation' s 34 . 1 lion anglers (-1 .5 million since 1991 ) and 13 in 2004 that would be matched by $ 200 mil- million hunters (-Ll million) boosted infla- lion raised from the business and philan- tion- adjusted spending to $70 billion from thropic sectors, such as the effort by the5 $53 million a decade ago . Wildlife watchers Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to fund numbered 76 . 1 million in 1991 , dipped to up to $30 million in green space projects .