Nature disappearing.

Im assuming this article is referring to nature in cities. Im not sure what city its talking about, however I do understand what the article is talking about. The idea that nature is disappearing has been known for a long time from rain forests and regular forests. How how ever children do get exposure to nature when every they go to the zoo or go out side the city. Most cities in the united states are much like Peoria. You head away from the city for a while you hit nature. Plenty of it.. Miles and miles of corn fields and trees, one may argue that cornfields aren't natural but the coves of wooded areas that seem to lurk every where i think are. Sure a child growing up in the city doesn't see nature every day but that's been the case for big cities for the past 100 years if you live in a big city you aren't going to see a lot of nature, sure the birds and bees and insects but your not going to find a pasture with wild buffalo. The loss of the nature does effect people and there daily activities , Its also a fact that the air is cleaner in a less urban area, however as i said before its really in the hands of the people. Nature as a result in urbanization disappears, the increase of park areas would be a good start, Schools with large play grounds with trees would be another good idea also. Personally the question of the parents not letting the children play out side in the nature most likely has to do with the crime rate of a selected area, or the parent is over protective of there child. The correlation of that to having nature and not having nature has nothing to do with the parents decision on letting the child play outside in nature or not, that has to do with how the parent was raised. For example a child Raised in the city in a high crime area is more likely to be very protective of there children if they are in an urban environment however that child raised on the farm will most likely let there child roam free around the area and have that well known bell on the front of the house for when its time to eat or come inside for the night. The natural environment may have little to do with the child's freedoms but it could indeed stem from it originally. This could also have to do with the use of cars vs walking a high crime area may be the reason for walking and recreational activities to be hindered. Heat waves are often clustered around large cities because the asphalt and concrete hold heat a lot more efficiently than does the earth. They act as insulators so the heat becomes much greater in urban areas.