Port City to Urban Region: Detroit’s growth paired with landfill locations and opening dates: once exurban sites become engulfed by development.
Ford-Allen Park 1952-2004
Woodland Meadows 1974-2025
Riverview Landfill 1964-2020+
Carleton Farm 1993-2030+
above: Wayne County in Southeast Michigan is home to six municipal solid waste landfills. With opening dates ranging from 1952 to 1993, each landfill is now surrounded by varying levels of development. — United States Geological Survey, NAPP Collection
below: Threatened open space network top: existing open space network (shown in black). bottom: the same network with unprotected spaces removed
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Maya Przybylski
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