Greenways for America

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8018-5140-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Creating the North American Landscape

From Brooklyn's parks and parkways, across the Iowa prairie, to Big Sur's coastal highway, people are drawing green lines on local maps and building "greenways"—linear open spaces that preserve and restore the skein of nature in cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Charles Little's Greenways for America describes this remarkable citizen-led effort to get Americans out of their cars and into the landscape via greenways. Such greenways provide paths or trails for recreation and "link" a region's traditional parks and open spaces. They preserve natural corridors for wildlife migration and protect scenic and historic routes from commercial development. In this first comprehensive account of the movement that is now gathering power in every region of the country, Little describes dozens of greenway projects that have imporved environmental quality, invigorated local economies, and preserved outdoor spaces for millions of citizen.s

Autoren/Hrsg.

Little, Charles E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction: Greenways for America
Chapter 1. Origins of an Idea
Chapter 2. The Greenway Movement
Chapter 3. The World of Greenways: Part I
Chapter 4. Rivers Through the City
Chapter 5. The Paths and Trails
Chapter 6. Nature's Corridors
Chapter 7. Scenic Drives and Historic Routes
Chapter 8. Networks of Green
Chapter 9. The World of Greenways: Part II
Chapter 10. The Practical Matters
Chapter 11. The Greenway Imperative
Afterword
Principal Sources
Acknowledgments
Picture Credits
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Little, Charles E
Charles E. Little is the author of a dozen books, including The Dying of the Trees and Recent Terrains: Terraforming the American West.