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"The book offers many practical solutions, from reusing the land under defunct factories to sharing schoolyards, from building trails on abandoned tracks to planting community gardens, from decking parks over highways to allowing more activities in cemeteries, from eliminating parking lots to u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harnik, Peter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Urban parks > United States.
City planning > United States.
Open spaces > United States.
Urban renewal > United States.
Urban landscape architecture > United States.
Parcs urbains > États-Unis.
Espaces verts > États-Unis.
Rénovation urbaine > États-Unis.
Paysage urbain > États-Unis.
ARCHITECTURE > Landscape.
GARDENING > Garden Design.
GARDENING > Landscape.
City planning
Open spaces
Urban landscape architecture
Urban parks
Urban renewal
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • How much parkland should a city have?
  • The different kinds of parks and their uses
  • Is it acres, facilities, or distance?
  • Parks and their competition
  • Neighborhoods are not all created equal
  • It's not how much but who and why
  • A process rather than a standard
  • Stop, look, and listen
  • Analyze and prioritize
  • Don't forget money and time
  • Buying it
  • Utilizing urban redevelopment
  • Community gardens
  • Old landfills
  • Wetlands and stormwater storage ponds
  • Rail trails
  • Rooftops
  • Sharing schoolyards
  • Covering reservoirs
  • River and stream corridors
  • Cemeteries
  • Boulevards and parkways
  • Decking highways
  • Closing streets and roads
  • Removing parking
  • Adding hours rather than acres
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Population density, largest cities
  • Appendix 2: Acres of parkland per 1,000 persons, largest cities
  • Appendix 3: Parkland as a percent of city area, largest cities
  • Appendix 4: Spending per resident on parks and recreation, largest cities.

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