Community green: rediscovering the enclosed spaces of the garden suburb tradition

"Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments, originating from the development of urban planning as a profession and the proliferation of the garden suburb. Community Green uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open...

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Main Authors: Nichols, David 1956- (Author), Freestone, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2024
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Online Access:DE-824
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Summary:"Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments, originating from the development of urban planning as a profession and the proliferation of the garden suburb. Community Green uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open spaces around the narrative of internal reserves. The distinctive planned spaces are typically enclosed on every side, hidden within residential blocks, serving as local pocket parks and reflecting the evolving values of community life from the garden city movement to contemporary new urbanism. This book resuscitates the enclosed, almost secretive reserve from history as a distinctive form of local open space whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. In so doing, it opens up even wider connections between localism and globalism, the past and the future, and for connecting community initiatives to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food, and climate change. This fully illustrated book charts the outcomes and implications of this evolution across several continents, injecting human stories of civic initiatives, struggles and triumphs along the way. Community Green will be of interest to a wide readership interested in studying, managing and improving the quality of all small open spaces in the urban landscape"--
Item Description:OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781003027720
1003027725
9781000988338
1000988333
9781000988314
1000988317
DOI:10.4324/9781003027720

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