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Foreword Michael R. Bloomberg xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Part I Of Cities and Parks
Chapter 1 How Much Parkland Should a City Have? 13
Chapter 2 The Different Kinds of Parks and Their Uses 20
Chapter 3 Is It Acres, Facilities, or Distance? 25
Chapter 4 Parks and Their Competition 33
Chapter 5 Neighborhoods Are Not All Created Equal 38
Chapter 6 It's Not How Much but Who and Why 42
Chapter 7 A Process Rather than a Standard 46
Chapter 8 Stop, Look, and Listen 49
Chapter 9 Analyze and Prioritize 53
Chapter 10 Don't Forget Money and Time 56
Part II Finding Park Space in the City
Chapter 11 Buying It 63
Chapter 12 Utilizing Urban Redevelopment 70
Chapter 13 Community Gardens 83
Chapter 14 Old Landfills 90
Chapter 15 Wetlands and Stormwater Storage Ponds 94
Chapter 16 Rail Trails 98
Chapter 17 Rooftops 104
Chapter 18 Sharing Schoolyards 110
Chapter 19 Covering Reservoirs 116
Chapter 20 River and Stream Corridors 120
Chapter 21 Cemeteries 125
Chapter 22 Boulevards and Parkways 131
Chapter 23 Decking Highways 136
Chapter 24 Closing Streets and Roads 142
Chapter 25 Removing Parking 147
Chapter 26 Adding Hours Rather than Acres 154
Conclusion 159
Tables
1.1 That's Quite a Spread You've Got! (Acres of Parkland per 1,000 Persons) 15
1.2 Howdy Neighbor! (Persons per Acre of Parkland) 18
1.3 Parks for Daytimers, Too? (Commuters and Population Change) 18
1.4 Parkland for People (Acres per 1,000 People) 19
3.1 A Park Too Far? (Maximum Distance Goals) 28
7.1 How Green Is My City? (Parkland as Percentage of City) 47
11.1 The Cost of Buying Parkland 65
11.2 Developer Exactions 68
12.1 Second Time Around (Redevelopment Authority Parks) 71
14.1 Garbage In, Park Out (Landfill Parks) 91
16.1 Goodbye Train, Hello Trail (Rail Trails) 99
22.1 "Boulevardozing" Highways (Expressway to Park Conversions) 134
23.1 Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Parks Constructed Over Highways) 137
24.1 Do Not Enter (Park Roads Closed to Autos) 144
25.1 Pavement in Paradise (Parking Spaces in Parks) 148
25.2 Living on the Edge (Population Density around Parks) 153
Recommended Reading 161
Appendix 1 Population Density, Largest Cities 165
Appendix 2 Acres of Parkland per 1,000 Persons, Largest Cities 168
Appendix 3 Parkland as a Percent of City Area, Largest Cities 171
Appendix 4 Spending per Resident on Parks and Recreation, Largest Cities 174
Index 177
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Bobby Hull
reviewed Urban Green: Innovative Parks For Resurgent Cities on September 12, 2010
Urban Green: Innovative Parks For Resurgent Cities
This is a very useful account of the different spaces cities could benefit from as green areas to improve urban life. It provides very valuable insights from urban planning, expanding the idea of what makes a city park a successful park. It also has a neat, short historical overview of city parks.
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