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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791574803321

Autore

Harnik Peter

Titolo

Urban green [[electronic resource] ] : innovative parks for resurgent cities / / Peter Harnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2010

ISBN

1-59726-812-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

712/.50973

Soggetti

Urban parks - United States

City planning - United States

Open spaces - United States

Urban renewal - United States

Urban landscape architecture - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Of Cities and Parks""; ""Chapter 1: How Much Parkland Should a City Have?""; ""Chapter 2: The Different Kinds of Parks and Their Uses""; ""Chapter 3: Is It Acres, Facilities, or Distance?""; ""Chapter 4: Parks and Their Competition""; ""Chapter 5: Neighborhoods Are Not All Created Equal""; ""Chapter 6: It's Not How Much but Who and Why""; ""Chapter 7: A Process Rather than a Standard""; ""Chapter 8: Stop, Look, and Listen""

""Chapter 9: Analyze and Prioritize""""Chapter 10: Don't Forget Money and Time""; ""Part II: Finding Park Space in the City""; ""Chapter 11: Buying It""; ""Chapter 12: Utilizing Urban Redevelopment""; ""Chapter 13: Community Gardens""; ""Chapter 14: Old Landfills""; ""Chapter 15: Wetlands and Stormwater Storage Ponds""; ""Chapter 16: Rail Trails""; ""Chapter 17: Rooftops""; ""Chapter 18: Sharing Schoolyards""; ""Chapter 19: Covering Reservoirs""; ""Chapter 20: River and Stream Corridors""; ""Chapter 21: Cemeteries""; ""Chapter 22: Boulevards and Parkways""; ""Chapter 23: Decking Highways""

""Chapter 24: Closing Streets and Roads""""Chapter 25: Removing



Parking""; ""Chapter 26: Adding Hours Rather than Acres""; ""Conclusion""; ""Tables""; ""Table 1.1: That's Quite a Spread You've Got! (Acres of Parkland per 1,000 Persons)""; ""Table 1.2: Howdy Neighbor! (Persons per Acre of Parkland)""; ""Table 1.3: Parks for Daytimers, Too? (Commuters and Population Change)""; ""Table 1.4: Parkland for People (Acres per 1,000 People)""; ""Table 3.1: A Park Too Far? (Maximum Distance Goals)""; ""Table 7.1: How Green is My City? (Parkland as Percentage of City)""

""Table 11.1: The Cost of Buying Parkland""""Table 11.2: Developer Exactions""; ""Table 12.1: Second Time Around (Redevelopment Authority Parks)""; ""Table 14.1: Garbage In, Park Out (Landfill Parks)""; ""Table 16.1: Goodbye Train, Hello Trail (Rail Trails)""; ""Table 22.1:""Boulevardozing"" Highways (Expressway to Park Conversions)""; ""Table 23.1: Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Parks Constructed Over Highways)""; ""Table 24.1: Do Not Enter (Park Roads Closed to Autos)""; ""Table 25.1: Pavement in Paradise (Parking Spaces in Parks)""

""Table 25.2: Living on the Edge (Population Density around Parks)""""Recommended Reading""; ""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""; ""Index""