Great City Parks
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0419244204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Invaluable reference An invaluable reference book for those interested in urban park design. Tate has surveyed 20 city parks in Western Europe and North America ranging from tiny Paley Park New York to the whole of the Minneaplois Park system. He has described each systematically under the heads of History, Development, Planning and Design, Management and Usage, and Plans for the future, and then drawn conclusions.He knows his stuff; he sent out questionnaires to the parks managers in 1987 and 1998 and the book is generously illustated in colour with photog. "PARKS" according to Shannon Deason. First of all let me state catagorically that this book is hella overpricedit's a VERY thorough book on the parks the author decided to coverquite an eclectic selection. Where was the Bois de Bologne, Hyde Park, Fairmont Park, Hermann Park, Golden Gate Park???For this amount of money, I would expect every major urban park in the world to be includedcertainly more of the great American Parksand frankly Hyde Park and the Bois are arguably the most famous in the world, the great Central Park, Prospect Park, and the Teirgarten are included t
Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of twenty significant public parks in fourteen major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why parks have been created, how they have been designed, how they are managed, and what plans are being made for them at the beginning of the twenty-first century.Based on unique research including extensive site visits and interviews with the managing organisations, this book is illustrated throughout with clear plans and professional photographs for each park. This book reflects a belief that well-planned, well-designed and well-managed parks remain invaluable components of liveable and hospitable cities.
Well-researched and beautifully presented.' – Landscape Design'Should be on the shelves of all serious landscape, urban design and city planning offices.' – Architect's Journal. 'This marvellous book screams to be read
Alan Tate is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg. . He has spent more than 20 years managing landscape consultancies specializing in urban park planning and design in Hong Kong and London