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Traditionally, recreational urban green space in towns and cities has mostly been intensively managed, with mown grass, neat shrubberies and flowerbeds, and formal plantings of trees. Other managed green spaces such as roadside verges, roundabouts and other areas were usually also mainly mown grass. The perception was that any other type of management would make...