Social insects could transform strategies for city and town planning
Ants, along with bees and other social insects, could help town planners solve bottlenecks in city infrastructure and urban renewal, Australian scientists have revealed.
The business of foraging for food, building nests and trails and growing colonies were all skills from which city planners could learn.
It makes a lot of sense to me. As a child I used to be fascinated with ant nests and sometimes assisted one of my neighbours with his bee hives. Not once did I witness a bottle neck or a traffic jam, so maybe there is something in this!
We’ll soon see the difference that smart infrastructure can make in Sydney and everyone who has arrived or departed from Brisbane Airport since the new infrastructure was completed has commented on the ease of access and egress.
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