{"id":41431,"date":"2021-11-03T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/?p=41431"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:55:04","slug":"trees-in-cities-just-for-show-or-something-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/blog\/en\/2021\/11\/trees-in-cities-just-for-show-or-something-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees in Cities: Just for Show, or Something More?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we talk about trees, images of large, green, healthy plants come to mind, inspiring fantastic characters, things that can provide us with tasty food… However, trees are still unknown giants in our society. We’re unaware of the vast number of benefits and functions that trees can have and which ones we can use in our development as a society.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since ancient times, the tree has represented life in different mythological, philosophical, and religious traditions. In Christianity with the\u00a0<\/span>tree of life<\/span><\/i>; in ancient Egypt with the\u00a0<\/span>acacia of Saosis<\/span><\/i>; and in Islam with\u00a0<\/span>the tree of immortality<\/span><\/i>. Why has what was a precious asset throughout our species’ history been cast aside in our present-day cities?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, the exception is that trees are ornamental in our surroundings: they dehumanize and\u00a0<\/span>de-artificialize<\/span><\/i>\u00a0(a term coined by the French Office for Biodiversity’s Resource Center for Ecological Inventiveness). There are, as we’ve mentioned, many factors and benefits that trees offer us and directly affect our day-to-day lives. Here are a few of them:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n