MetroGreen : connecting open space in North American cities /

"MetroGreen examines how open-space networks have fared in real scenarios in ten studios of U.S. and Canadian cities paired for comparative analysis - Toronto and Chicago, Calgary and Denver, and Vancouver and Portland among them. Planners, landscape architects, conservationists, and municipal...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Erickson, Donna L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Open spaces > North America.
City planning > North America.
Regional planning > North America.
Metropolitan areas > North America > Case studies.
Human ecology > North America.
Espaces verts > Amérique du Nord.
Urbanisme > Amérique du Nord.
Aménagement du territoire > Amérique du Nord.
Agglomérations urbaines > Amérique du Nord > Études de cas.
Écologie humaine > Amérique du Nord.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
City planning
Human ecology
Metropolitan areas
Open spaces
Regional planning
Metropolregion
North America
Kanada
USA
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Connected open space : the metropolitan scale
  • Learning from city stories : ten case study comparisons
  • Ecology
  • home : Toronto and Chicago
  • Recreation
  • well-being : Milwaukee and Ottawa
  • Transportation
  • movement : Calgary and Denver
  • Community
  • neighborhood : Vancouver and Portland
  • Green infrastructure
  • hardworking city systems : Cleveland and Minneapolis-St. Paul
  • Lessons for realizing connected open-space networks in North American cities.

Ejemplares similares