Main entry:

Erickson, Donna L.

Title & Author:

MetroGreen : connecting open space in North American cities / Donna L. Erickson.

Publication:

Washington : Island Press, ©2006.

Description:

xiv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-303) and index.
Connected open space : the metropolitan scale -- Learning from city stories : ten case study comparisons -- Ecology -- home : Toronto and Chicago -- Recreation -- well-being : Milwaukee and Ottawa -- Transportation -- movement : Calgary and Denver -- Community -- neighborhood : Vancouver and Portland -- Green infrastructure -- hardworking city systems : Cleveland and Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Lessons for realizing connected open-space networks in North American cities.

Summary:

In metropolitan areas across the country you can hear the laments over the loss of green space to new subdivisions and strip malls. But some city residents have begun unprecedented measures to protect their open land, and a growing movement seeks not only to preserve these lands, but to link them in green corridors. Many land-use and urban planning professionals, along with landscape architects and environmental advocates, have joined in efforts to protect and connect open spaces. MetroGreen answers their call exploration of the latest thinking and newest practices in this growing conservation field. In ten case studies of U.S. and Canadian cities paired for comparative analysis--Toronto and Chicago, Calgary and Denver, and Vancouver and Portland among them--Erickson looks closely at the motivations and objectives for connecting open spaces across metropolitan areas. She documents how open-space networks have been successfully created and protected while also highlighting the critical human and ecological benefits of connectivity. MetroGreen 's unique focus on several cities rather than a single urban area offers a perspective on the political, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions that affect open-space planning and the outcomes of it implementation.

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ISBN:

1559638435 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781559638432 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1559638915 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781559638913 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Open spaces North America.
City planning North America.
Regional planning North America.
Metropolitan areas North America Case studies.
Human ecology North America.
Espaces verts Amérique du Nord.
Urbanisme Amérique du Nord.
Aménagement du territoire Amérique du Nord.
Agglomérations urbaines Amérique du Nord Études de cas.
Écologie humaine Amérique du Nord.
City planning.
Human ecology.
Metropolitan areas.
Open spaces.
Regional planning.
Metropolregion
North America.
USA
Kanada

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254049
Call No.: BIB 183896
Status: Available