Designing Small Parks
A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns
(Sprache: Englisch)
Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. The manual is arranged around thirteen topics that...
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Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. The manual is arranged around thirteen topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of parks. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Also included, are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating reseach findings into small urban park design .
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Acknowledgements.An Introduction to Small Parks.
Topic 1. Size, Shape, and Number.
Topic 2. Connections and Edges.
Topic 3. Appearance and Other Sensory Issues.
Topic 4. Naturalness.
Topic 5. Water.
Topic 6. Plants.
Topic 7. Wildlife.
Topic 8. Climate and Air.
Topic 9. Activities and Groups.
Topic 10. Safety.
Topic 11. Management.
Topic 12. Public Involvement.
Lessons About Small Parks.
Design Examples.
One. Taking Advantage of Stormwater Management to Enhance Wildlife Habitat in a New Suburban Area.
Two. Rehabilitating an Urban Park for Community Revitalization.
Three. Renovating a Suburban Park for Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat, and Active Recreation.
Four. Redefining the New Urban Town Square.
Five. Reusing a Vacant Lot in the Center City.
Guidelines in Total.
Issues Sheets.
Key Words.
References.
Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Ann Forsyth, Laura Musacchio
ANN FORSYTH, PhD, MPIA, is Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and Director of the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota. Her publications include Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate Over Urban Growth and Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands.LAURA R. MUSACCHIO, PhD, ASLA, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and is on the research faculty in the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota. She is also a research scientist in urban ecology with the Central Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Ann Forsyth , Laura Musacchio
- 2005, 1. Auflage, 224 Seiten, Maße: 22,1 x 28,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 0471736805
- ISBN-13: 9780471736806
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.10.2005
Sprache:
Englisch
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