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

• Autore: Harnik Peter
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 712/.50973
• Soggetto topico: Urban parks - United States; City planning - United States; Open spaces - United States; Urban renewal - United States; Urban landscape architecture - United States
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban green
• ISBN: 1-59726-812-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791574803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II