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020 _a9781559638913
082 _a711.610973
_bERI
100 _aErickson, Donna L.
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245 _aMetrogreen :
_bconnecting open space in North American cities
260 _bIsland Press
_c2006
_aWashington
300 _axiv,333,ip.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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