Metrogreen : connecting open space in North American cities

By:

Erickson, Donna L

Publication details: Island Press 2006 WashingtonDescription: xiv,333,ipISBN:

9781559638913

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DDC classification:

711.610973 ERI

Contents:

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

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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

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