Urban Green : Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities
by
Peter Harnik
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1597266841
ISBN-13
9781597266840
Publisher
Island Press
Imprint
Island Press
Country of Manufacture
AU
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 15th, 2010
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
278 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.30 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Urban communitiesUrban & municipal planning
Ksh 4,850.00
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"Urban Green" explores new and innovative ways for 'built out' cities to add much-needed parkland. After first exploring the question of why urban parks are needed, Peter Harnik looks at how much parkland is truly possible and where specific investment can go. Among the book's many examples and practical solutions are reusing the land from defunct factories to sharing schoolyards, from decking parks over highways to allowing more activities in cemeteries, from eliminating parking lots to uncovering buried streams, and more. While no strategy alone is perfect, and each has its own set of challenges, collectively they suggest a path toward making cities more beautiful, sociable, fun, ecologically sound, and successful.
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