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Future Park: Imagining Tomorrow's Urban Parks
Amalie Wright
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Description for Future Park: Imagining Tomorrow's Urban Parks
Paperback. Invites readers to consider the future of parks in our cities and to find ways of making parks that are inclusive, accessible and resilient urban places. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; AMVD; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 952.
Future Park invites Australian policy-makers and built environment professionals to consider the future of parks in our cities. It describes the economic, social and environmental benefits of urban parks, and then outlines the threats and challenges facing cities and communities in an age when more than half the world’s population are urban dwellers. This book introduces the need to embrace new public park thinking to ensure that benefits continue to be realised.
The first public parks were created on urban ‘greenfields’. Once these designated sites had been used, cities looked towards post-industrial sites, and built parks in places that ... Read more
Future Park invites Australian policy-makers and built environment professionals to consider the future of parks in our cities. It describes the economic, social and environmental benefits of urban parks, and then outlines the threats and challenges facing cities and communities in an age when more than half the world’s population are urban dwellers. This book introduces the need to embrace new public park thinking to ensure that benefits continue to be realised.
The first public parks were created on urban ‘greenfields’. Once these designated sites had been used, cities looked towards post-industrial sites, and built parks in places that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9780643100336
SKU
V9780643100336
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-46
About Amalie Wright
Amalie Wright is a landscape architect, urban designer and architect with 16 years’ experience creating meaningful places for people. Her work has included award-winning residential, urban design, infrastructure and public realm projects. In 2012 Amalie established her own design studio, Landscapology, which helps passionate and curious people create beautiful, memorable legacy landscapes.
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