Read the following selection from the section “Hot Cities.” But as they drove into the leafy, affluent Bryn Mawr neighborhood, just a few minutes away, they saw houses set far apart from each other, with wide swaths of lawn between them. Parents strolled beneath the verdant tree canopy with their babies. Which phrase from the section BEST emphasizes what the author means by “verdant”?
abundant pavement
urban heat island
clustered buildings
green spaces
