Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0471736805 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beginning with an overview of key issues and terms, this accessible manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, and tensions in the design of small parks.Designing Small Parks features:Concise guidelines providing immediate access to critical informationFundamental material on size, edges, appearance, and naturalnessEcological and human environment coverage of water, plants, wildlife, and air and climateSuccinct summaries of issues surrounding clients and other involved partiesOve
ANN FORSYTH, PhD, MPIA, is Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and Director of the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota. LAURA R. She is also a research scientist in urban ecology with the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project.. Her publications include Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate
This manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of small parks. Also included are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating research findings into small urban park design.. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Small parks are too often relegated to being the step-child of municipal and metropolitan open space systems because of assumptions that their small size and isolation li