TY - GEN AU - Erickson, Donna L. TI - Metrogreen : : connecting open space in North American cities SN - 9781559638913 U1 - 711.610973 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington PB - Island Press KW - N1 - CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgments xi Part I Connected Open Space 1 Chapter 1 Connected Open Space: The Metropolitan Scale 3 Chapter 2 Learning from City Stories: Ten Case Study Comparisons 41 Part II Connectivity and Human Ecological Planning 61 Chapter 3 Ecology—Home: Toronto and Chicago 63 Chapter 4 Recreation—Well-Being:Milwaukee and Ottawa 105 Chapter 5 Transportation—Movement:Calgary and Denver 139 Chapter 6 Community—Neighborhood: 181 Vancouver and Portland Chapter 7 Green Infrastructure—Hardworking 225 Systems: Cleveland and Minneapolis-St. Paul Part III Synthesis: Key Ingredients, Challenges, 267 and Strategic Trends Chapter 8 Lessons for Realizing Connected 269 Open-Space Networks in North American Cities Notes 295 Bibliography 305 Index 325 ER -