LEADER 04220nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910827919303321 005 20240418024410.0 010 $a1-283-89191-3 010 $a0-8122-0850-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208504 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707643 035 $a(EBL)3441807 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787092 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11486563 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787092 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10813254 035 $a(PQKB)10800613 035 $a(OCoLC)843079633 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24450 035 $a(DE-B1597)449580 035 $a(OCoLC)979970106 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208504 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441807 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642142 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420441 035 $a(OCoLC)929157222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441807 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707643 100 $a20010907e20021968 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe last landscape$b[electronic resource] /$fWilliam H. Whyte ; foreword by Tony Hiss 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (392 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1968. 311 $a0-8122-1799-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [355]-363) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword /$rHiss, Tony --$t1. Introduction --$t2. The Politics of Open Space --$tThe Devices --$tThe Police Power --$t4. The Fee Simple --$t5· Easements --$t6. The Tax Approach --$t7. Defending Open Space --$tTHE PLANS --$t8. The Year 2000 plans --$t9. The Green Belts --$t10. Linkage --$t11. The Design of Nature --$tDEVELOPMENT --$t12. Cluster Development --$t13. The New Towns --$t14. The Project Look --$t15. Play Areas and Small Spaces --$tLANDSCAPE ACTION --$tThe Plan of the Landscape --$t17. Scenic Roads --$t18. Roadsides --$t19· Townscape --$tDESIGN AND DENSITY --$t20. The Case for Crowding --$t21. The Last Landscape --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our metropolitan areas is within those areas, not outside them. The age of unchecked expansion without consequence is over, but where there is waste and neglect there is opportunity. Our cities and suburbs are not jammed; they just look that way. There are in fact plenty of ways to use this existing space to the benefit of the community, and The Last Landscape provides a practical and timeless framework for making informed decisions about its use. Called "the best study available on the problems of open space" by the New York Times when it first appeared in 1968, The Last Landscape introduced many cornerstone ideas for land conservation, urging all of us to make better use of the land that has survived amid suburban sprawl. Whyte's pioneering work on easements led to the passage of major open space statutes in many states, and his argument for using and linking green spaces, however small the areas may be, is a recommendation that has more currency today than ever before. 606 $aCity planning$zUnited States 606 $aMetropolitan areas$zUnited States 606 $aGreenbelts$zUnited States 610 $aArchitecture. 610 $aFine Art. 610 $aGarden History. 610 $aGeography. 610 $aPublic Policy. 610 $aUrban Studies. 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aMetropolitan areas 615 0$aGreenbelts 676 $a307.1/216/0973 686 $aRU 10915$2rvk 700 $aWhyte$b William H.$cJr.,$f1917-1999.$0234573 701 $aHiss$b Tony$01659530 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827919303321 996 $aThe last landscape$94014228 997 $aUNINA