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Description for Urban Green
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Island Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781597266840
SKU
V9781597266840
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Harnik
Peter Harnik is director of the Center for City Park Excellence at the Trust for Public Landand author of Inside City Parks, a book about the park and recreation systems of the 25 largest U.S. cities. In 2003, his research resulted in The Excellent City Park System: What Makes it Great and How to Get There. Previous to that, he ... Read more
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