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Momwe nkhalango ya m'tawuni ya Sacramento imagawanitsa mzindawu, thanzi komanso chuma

NDI MICHAEL FINCH II
OCTOBER 10, 2019 05:30 AM,

Mitengo yamitengo ya Land Park ndi yodabwitsa ndi miyeso yambiri. Monga korona, mitengo ya ndege ya ku London ngakhalenso mitengo yofiira nthawi zina imakwera pamwamba pa madenga kuti itseke misewu yosamalidwa bwino ndi nyumba m'nyengo yotentha ya Sacramento.

Mitengo yambiri imapezeka ku Land Park kuposa pafupifupi m'dera lina lililonse. Ndipo imapereka zopindulitsa zomwe zimawonedwa komanso zosawoneka ndi maso - thanzi labwino, limodzi, ndi moyo wabwino.

Koma kulibe Malo Osungiramo Malo ambiri ku Sacramento. M'malo mwake, pafupifupi madera khumi ndi awiri okha omwe ali ndi mitengo yamitengo yomwe imayandikira pafupi ndi dera lakumwera kwa mzindawu, malinga ndi kuwunika kwa mzinda wonse.

Otsutsa amanena kuti mzere umene umagawanitsa malo amenewo nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi chuma.

Madera omwe ali ndi mitengo yapamwamba kuposa avareji ndi malo monga Land Park, East Sacramento ndi Pocket amakhalanso ndi mabanja ambiri omwe amapeza ndalama zambiri, ziwonetsero za data. Panthawiyi, madera omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa monga Meadowview, Del Paso Heights, Parkway ndi Valley Hi ali ndi mitengo yochepa komanso mithunzi yochepa.

Mitengo imakhala pafupifupi 20 peresenti ya ma kilomita 100 a mzindawu. Ku Land Park, mwachitsanzo, denga limakwirira 43 peresenti - kupitilira kuwirikiza kawiri mumzinda wonse. Tsopano yerekezerani izi ndi 12 peresenti ya denga lamitengo yopezeka ku Meadowview kumwera kwa Sacramento.

Kwa anthu ambiri okhala m’nkhalango za m’matauni ndi okonza mapulani a mizinda, izi zikuvutitsa osati chifukwa chakuti malo amene sanabzalidwe amakhala ndi kutentha kotentha koma chifukwa misewu yokhala ndi mizere yamitengo imakhudzana ndi thanzi labwino. Mitengo yambiri imapangitsa kuti mpweya ukhale wabwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphumu ichepetse komanso kunenepa kwambiri, kafukufuku wapeza. Ndipo atha kuchepetsa zovuta zakusintha kwanyengo m'tsogolo momwe masiku azikhala otentha komanso owuma.

Komabe ndi chimodzi mwazosayeruzika za Sacramento zomwe sizimakambidwa kawirikawiri, ena amati. Kusalinganika sikunapite patsogolo. Omenyera ufulu wa anthu ati mzindawu uli ndi mwayi wothana ndi kubzalidwa kwa mitengo yonyowa kwa zaka zambiri pamene ukutengera ndondomeko ya nkhalango za m’tauni chaka chamawa.

Koma ena akuda nkhawa kuti maderawa adzasiyidwanso.

Cindy Blain, mkulu wa bungwe lopanda phindu la California ReLeaf, lomwe limabzala mitengo m'chigawo chonsecho, linanena kuti: “Nthawi zina anthu amangofuna kusaona zinthu chifukwa chakuti zikuchitika m’dera lina. Adachita nawo msonkhano wapagulu koyambirira kwa chaka chino womwe udachitika ndi mzindawu kuti akambirane za pulani yatsopanoyi ndipo adakumbukira kuti inalibe mwatsatanetsatane pankhani ya "kufanana".

"Panalibe zambiri kumeneko malinga ndi momwe mzindawu unayankhira," adatero Blain. "Mukuyang'ana manambala osiyana kwambiri awa - ngati kusiyana kwa 30 peresenti - ndipo zikuwoneka kuti palibe changu."

City Council ikuyembekezeka kutengera dongosololi pofika masika a 2019, malinga ndi tsamba la mzindawu. Koma akuluakulu a boma ati sichimalizidwa mpaka kumayambiriro kwa chaka chamawa. Pakadali pano, mzindawu wati ukukhazikitsa zolinga za denga potengera momwe nthaka ikugwiritsidwira ntchito mdera lililonse.

Pamene kusintha kwa nyengo kukuchulukirachulukira m’dongosolo la zinthu zofunika kwambiri m’matauni, mizinda ina ikuluikulu m’dziko lonselo yatembenukira kumitengo monga yankho.

Ku Dallas, akuluakulu a boma posachedwapa adalemba kwa nthawi yoyamba malo omwe akutentha kwambiri kuposa malo awo akumidzi komanso momwe mitengo ingathandizire kuchepetsa kutentha. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, Meya wa Los Angeles a Eric Garcetti adalumbira kubzala mitengo pafupifupi 90,000 m'zaka khumi zikubwerazi. Dongosolo la meya lidaphatikizirapo lonjezo loti adzawonjezera denga m'malo omwe "amalandira ndalama zochepa, zomwe zakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kutentha".

Kevin Hocker, woyang'anira nkhalango zamtawuniyi, adavomereza kuti pali kusiyana. Anatinso olimbikitsa mitengo ya mzindawo ndi akumaloko akhoza kugawikana momwe aliyense angakonzere. Hocker akukhulupirira kuti atha kugwiritsa ntchito mapulogalamu omwe alipo koma olimbikitsa amafuna kuchitapo kanthu mwamphamvu. Komabe, lingaliro limodzi likugawidwa pakati pa misasa iwiriyi: Mitengo ndiyofunikira koma imafunikira ndalama ndi kudzipereka kuti ikhalebe ndi moyo.

Hocker adati sakuwona ngati vuto la kusagwirizana "lafotokozedwa bwino."

“Aliyense akuvomereza kuti mumzindawu muli kugaŵikana kofanana. Sindikuganiza kuti palibe amene wafotokoza momveka bwino chifukwa chake zili choncho komanso zomwe zingatheke kuthana ndi izi, "adatero Hocker. "Tikudziwa kuti titha kubzala mitengo yambiri koma m'malo ena atawuni - chifukwa cha kapangidwe kake kapena momwe imapangidwira - mwayi wobzala mitengo kulibe."

ALI NDIPO NDIPOSI ALIBE'
Malo ambiri akale kwambiri a Sacramento adapangidwa kunja kwa mzindawu. Zaka khumi zilizonse pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiŵiri ya padziko lonse zinabweretsa chitukuko chatsopano mpaka mzindawo unadzala ndi zigawo zatsopano pamene chiŵerengero cha anthu chinachuluka.

Kwa nthawi ndithu, madera ambiri okhalamo analibe mitengo. Sizinafike mpaka 1960 pamene mzindawu unapereka lamulo loyamba lofuna kubzala mitengo m'magawo atsopano. Kenako mizinda idasokonekera pazachuma ndi Proposition 13, yomwe idavomerezedwa ndi ovota mu 1979 yomwe idachepetsa ndalama zamisonkho zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kale pantchito zaboma.

Posakhalitsa, mzindawu udasiya kusamalira mitengo yakutsogolo kwa mabwalo ndipo katunduyo adasamukira kumadera ena kuti azisamalira. Chotero mitengo ikafa, monga momwe imachitira kaŵirikaŵiri, chifukwa cha matenda, tizilombo kapena ukalamba, ndi anthu ochepa chabe amene akanazindikira kapena kukhala ndi njira yosinthira.

Mchitidwe womwewo ukupitirizabe lerolino.

"Sacramento ndi tawuni ya opeza ndi omwe alibe," adatero Kate Riley, yemwe amakhala mdera la River Park. “Mukayang’ana pamapu, ndife amodzi mwa omwe ali nawo. Ndife dera lomwe lili ndi mitengo. ”

Mitengo imakhala pafupifupi 36 peresenti ya River Park ndipo ndalama zambiri zapakhomo ndizokwera kuposa zapakati pachigawochi. Inamangidwa koyamba pafupifupi zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri zapitazo m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa America.

Riley akuvomereza kuti ena samasamalidwa bwino nthawi zonse ndipo ena anamwalira chifukwa cha ukalamba, ndichifukwa chake adadzipereka kubzala mitengo yopitilira 100 kuyambira 2014. khalani nokha, adatero.

"Nkhani zambiri zadongosolo zikukulitsa vutoli chifukwa cha kusalinganika kwa denga la mitengo," atero Riley, yemwe amakhala mu komiti yolangizira za mapulani a nkhalango mumzinda. "Ndi chitsanzo china cha momwe mzindawu ukufunikiradi kupititsa patsogolo masewerawa ndikupanga mzindawu womwe uli ndi mwayi kwa aliyense."

Kuti mumvetsetse bwino nkhaniyi, The Bee idapanga zidziwitso kuchokera ku kafukufuku waposachedwa wa kuyerekezera kwa denga la anthu oyandikana nawo ndikuphatikiza ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu ochokera ku US Census Bureau. Tidasonkhanitsanso zidziwitso zapagulu za mitengo yosamalidwa ndi mzindawu ndikuyijambula kudera lililonse.

Nthawi zina, kusiyana kumakhala pakati pa malo monga River Park ndi Del Paso Heights, dera la kumpoto kwa Sacramento lomwe limadutsa malire a Interstate 80. Mitengo yamitengo ili pafupi ndi 16 peresenti ndipo ndalama zambiri zapakhomo zimagwera pansi pa $ 75,000.

Ichi ndi chimodzi mwazifukwa zomwe Fatima Malik adadzala mitengo yambiri m'mapaki mkati ndi pafupi ndi Del Paso Heights. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono atalowa nawo bungwe loyang'anira malo osungiramo ma park and community Enrichment Commission, a Malik adakumbukira kuti adadzudzulidwa pamsonkhano wa anthu za momwe mitengo ya paki ina ilili.

Mitengo inali kufa ndipo zinkaoneka kuti panalibe dongosolo loti mzindawu ulowe m’malo mwake. Anthu a m’mudzimo ankafuna kudziwa kuti achita chiyani. Monga momwe Malik akufotokozera, adatsutsa chipindacho pofunsa zomwe "tiyenera kuchita" pakiyo.

The Del Paso Heights Growers 'Alliance idapangidwa kuchokera pamsonkhanowo. Pofika kumapeto kwa chaka, bungweli limaliza ntchito kuchokera ku thandizo lawo lachiwiri lobzala mitengo yopitilira 300 m'mapaki asanu amizinda ndi dimba la anthu.

Ngakhale zili choncho, Malik akuvomereza kuti ntchito zamapaki zinali "zopambana zophweka" chifukwa mitengo ya m'misewu ndi yopindulitsa kwambiri kwa anthu. Kubzala izi ndi "masewera ena onse a mpira" omwe angafune thandizo ndi zowonjezera kuchokera mumzinda, adatero.

Kaya oyandikana nawo apeza chilichonse ndi funso lotseguka.

"Mwachiwonekere tikudziwa kuti m'mbiri yakale District 2 sinayikidwepo kapena kuyika patsogolo momwe iyenera kukhalira," adatero Malik. "Sitikuloza zala kapena kuimba mlandu aliyense koma potengera zenizeni zomwe tikukumana nazo tikufuna tigwirizane ndi mzindawu kuti tiwathandize kugwira ntchito yawo bwino."

MTENGO: NKHANI YATSOPANO YA UTHO WATSOPANO
Pakhoza kukhala zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo kwa madera opanda mitengo kuposa kutopa pang'ono kwa kutentha. Umboni wakhala ukukulirakulira kwa zaka zambiri za phindu lomwe denga lamtima limapereka ku thanzi la munthu.

Ray Tretheway, mkulu wa bungwe la Sacramento Tree Foundation, anamva lingaliro limeneli koyamba pamsonkhano pamene wokamba nkhani analengeza kuti: tsogolo la nkhalango za m’tauni ndi thanzi la anthu.

Nkhaniyi idabzala mbewu ndipo zaka zingapo zapitazo Tree Foundation idathandizira ndalama zophunzirira ku Sacramento County. Mosiyana ndi kafukufuku wam'mbuyomu, omwe adafufuza malo obiriwira, kuphatikiza mapaki, amangoyang'ana pamitengo yamitengo komanso ngati idakhudza zotsatira zaumoyo wapafupi.

Iwo adapeza kuti chivundikiro chamtengo wochulukirapo chinkalumikizidwa ndi thanzi labwino ndipo chinakhudza pang'ono, kuthamanga kwa magazi, shuga ndi mphumu, malinga ndi kafukufuku wa 2016 wofalitsidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Health & Place.

"Zinali zotsegula maso," adatero Tretheway. "Tidaganiziranso mozama ndikukonzanso mapulogalamu athu kuti atsatire zatsopanozi."

Phunziro loyamba lomwe adaphunzira ndikuyika patsogolo madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri, adatero. Nthawi zambiri amavutika ndi zipululu za chakudya, kusowa kwa ntchito, masukulu osachita bwino komanso mayendedwe osakwanira.

"Kusiyana kukuwonekera bwino kuno ku Sacramento komanso m'dziko lonselo," adatero Tretheway.

"Ngati mukukhala m'dera lokhala ndi ndalama zochepa kapena mulibe zinthu zambiri, ndinu otsimikiza kuti mulibe denga lamitengo lomwe lingasinthe kwambiri moyo wanu kapena thanzi lanu."

Tretheway akuyerekeza kuti mitengo ya m’misewu yosachepera 200,000 iyenera kubzalidwa m’zaka khumi zikubwerazi kuti ifike ku chiwerengero chofanana cha mitengo m’madera ofunikira kwambiri. Zoipa za kuchita zimenezi n’zambiri.

Tree Foundation ikudziwa izi koyamba. Kudzera mu mgwirizano ndi SMUD, bungwe lopanda phindu limapereka mitengo masauzande pachaka kwaulere. Koma mbande ziyenera kusamaliridwa kwambiri - makamaka zaka zitatu kapena zisanu zoyamba pansi.

M'masiku ake oyambilira m'zaka za m'ma 1980, odzipereka adayendera gawo lazamalonda la Franklin Boulevard kuti aike mitengo pansi, adatero. Panalibe nkhwangwa zobzalamo choncho amadula mabowo mu konkire.

Popanda ogwira ntchito okwanira, kutsata kunatsalira. Mitengo inafa. Tretheway anaphunzirapo phunziro: “Ndi malo osatetezeka kwambiri ndi owopsa kwambiri kubzala mitengo m’misewu yamalonda.”

Umboni wowonjezereka unabwera pambuyo pake. Wophunzira maphunziro a UC Berkeley adaphunzira pulogalamu yake yamtengo wa mthunzi ndi SMUD ndipo adafalitsa zotsatira zake mu 2014. Ofufuzawa adatsata mitengo yogawa ya 400 pazaka zisanu kuti awone kuti angapulumuke angati.

Mitengo yaing'ono yomwe inachita bwino kwambiri inali m'madera okhala ndi eni nyumba okhazikika. Mitengo yoposa 100 inafa; 66 sanabzalidwe konse. Tretheway anaphunziranso phunziro lina: “Timaika mitengo yambiri kunja uko koma siikhalabe ndi moyo nthaŵi zonse.”

KUSINTHA KWA NYENGO NDI MTENGO
Kwa ena okonza mapulani a mizinda ndi olima mitengo, ntchito yobzala mitengo ya m’misewu, makamaka m’madera amene sananyalanyazidwe, ndiyofunika kwambiri chifukwa kusintha kwa nyengo padziko lonse kumasintha chilengedwe.

Mitengo imathandizira kuthana ndi zoopsa zosawoneka paumoyo wa anthu monga ozone ndi kuipitsa tinthu. Atha kuthandiza kuchepetsa kutentha kwa mumsewu pafupi ndi masukulu ndi malo okwerera mabasi pomwe ena omwe ali pachiwopsezo monga ana ndi okalamba amapezeka kwambiri.

"Mitengo itenga gawo lalikulu pakugwira mpweya komanso kuchepetsa kutentha kwa chilumba cha m'tawuni," adatero Stacy Springer, mkulu wa Breathe California kudera la Sacramento. "Imagwira ntchito ngati njira yotsika mtengo - imodzi mwazinthu zambiri - pazovuta zina zomwe tikukumana nazo m'madera athu."

Chiwerengero cha masiku otentha kwambiri ku Sacramento chikhoza kuwirikiza katatu m'zaka makumi atatu zikubwerazi, ndikuwonjezera chiwerengero cha anthu omwe amafa chifukwa cha matenda okhudzana ndi kutentha, malinga ndi lipoti la Natural Resources Defense Council.

Mitengo imatha kuchepetsa zotsatira za kutentha koma pokhapokha itabzalidwa mofanana.

“Ngakhale mutayendetsa galimoto mumsewu mungawone kuti nthaŵi zambiri ngati kuli malo osauka sikudzakhala mitengo yambiri,” anatero Blain, mkulu wa bungwe la California ReLeaf.

"Mukayang'ana m'dziko lonselo, izi ndizovuta kwambiri. Pakadali pano, California monga dziko ikudziwa kuti pakhala kusamvana pakati pa anthu. ”

Blain adati boma limapereka ndalama zothandizira anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa kudzera mu pulogalamu yake yamalonda, yomwe California ReLeaf yalandira.

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