1/ One of things that coronavirus has exposed is that the densification model of Inner London is entirely contingent on people being able to escape on a regular basis, flying off on holiday or driving out of the capital to stay elsewhere.
2/ That& #39;s why some of our green spaces are subject to unsustainable numbers of visitors at this time. In summer, we& #39;d normally expect 20% of the borough to be elsewhere. Since, in world with fewer flights and car journeys, it would be normal for people to stay closer to home...
3/ ...we need to start planning our cities for this eventuality. This means extracting net gain in green infrastructure and usable green space from Planning. It also means following Hackney& #39;s lead in tearing up roads to deliver new neighbourhood parks. https://twitter.com/jonburkeUK/status/1225126564616187905">https://twitter.com/jonburkeU...