Urban Playground
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Urban Playground
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Author : Tim Gill
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-03
Urban Playground written by Tim Gill and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-03 with Architecture categories.
What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. This book reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for planning and transportation policies that work for people of all ages, and for the planet. It shows how urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly insights and ideas into their masterplans, public spaces and streetscapes. Healthier children mean happier families, stronger communities, greener neighbourhoods, and an economy focused on the long-term. Make cities better for everyone.
The New Urban Park
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Author : Hal Rothman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The New Urban Park written by Hal Rothman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
From Yellowstone to the Great Smoky Mountains, America's national parks are sprawling tracts of serenity, most of them carved out of public land for recreation and preservation around the turn of the last century. America has changed dramatically since then, and so has its conceptions of what parkland ought to be. In this book, one of our premier environmental historians looks at the new phenomenon of urban parks, focusing on San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area as a prototype for the twenty-first century. Cobbled together from public and private lands in a politically charged arena, the GGNRA represents a new direction for parks as it highlights the long-standing tension within the National Park Service between preservation and recreation. Long a center of conservation, the Bay Area was well positioned for such an innovative concept. Writing with insight and wit, Rothman reveals the many complex challenges that local leaders, politicians, and the NPS faced as they attempted to administer sites in this area. He tells how Representative Phillip Burton guided a comprehensive bill through Congress to establish the park and how he and others expanded the acreage of the GGNRA, redefined its mission to the public, forged an identity for interconnected parks, and struggled against formidable odds to obtain the San Francisco Presidio and convert it into a national park. Engagingly written, The New Urban Park offers a balanced examination of grassroots politics and its effect on municipal, state, and federal policy. While most national parks dominate the economies of their regions, GGNRA was from the start tied to the multifaceted needs of its public and political constituents--including neighborhood, ethnic, and labor interests as well as the usual supporters from the conservation movement. As a national recreation area, GGNRA helped redefine that category in the public mind. By the dawn of the new century, it had already become one of the premier national park areas in terms of visitation. Now as public lands become increasingly scarce, GGNRA may well represent the future of national parks in America. Rothman shows that this model works, and his book will be an invaluable resource for planning tomorrow's parks.
Urban Playground Spaces
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Author : Josep María Minguet
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Urban Playground Spaces written by Josep María Minguet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Architecture categories.
Children's playgrounds form an integral part of the modern urban landscape, providing safe spaces for children to play, learn and interrelate with each other. But getting the mix between adventure, education, safety, and aesthetics can be challenging. This book examines a number of innovative solutions.
Play And Playthings
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Author : Bernard Mergen
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1982-12-20
Play And Playthings written by Bernard Mergen and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-12-20 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Mergen. . . has written a book that is both scholarly and accessible. Recommended for research collections in child study, recreation, and American culture. Library Journal
The Easy Access Handbook
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Author : Michael L. Keene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Easy Access Handbook written by Michael L. Keene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Many Wests
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Author : David M. Wrobel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Many Wests written by David M. Wrobel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
What does it mean to live in the West today? Do people tend to identify with states, with regions, or with the larger West? This book examines the development of regional identity in the American West, demonstrating that it is a regionally diverse entity made up of many different wests—Great Plains, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, and more—in which American regionalism finds its fullest expression. These fourteen original essays tell how a sense of place emerged among residents of various regions and how a sense of those places was developed by people outside of them. Wrobel and Steiner first offer a compelling overview of the West's regional nature; then thirteen other rising or renowned scholars-from history, American Studies, geography, and literature-tell how regional consciousness formed among inhabitants of particular regions. All of the essays address the larger issue of the centrality of place in determining social and cultural forms and individual and collective identities. Some focus on race and culture as the primary influences on regional consciousness while others emphasize environmental and economic factors or the influence of literature. Some even examine western regionalism in areas that lie beyond the West as it has traditionally been conceived. Each of the contributors believes that where a people live helps determine what they are, and they write not only about the many wests within the larger West, but also about the constant state of flux in which regionalism exists. Many books speak of the West as a place, but few others deal with the West's different places. Many Wests presents a vision of the West that reflects both the common heritage and unique character of each major subregion, building on the revisionist impulse of the last decade to help redirect New Western History toward an appreciation of regional diversity and integrate scholarship in the regional subfields. It is a book for everyone who lives in, studies, or loves the West, for it confirms that it is home to very different peoples, economies, histories—and regions.
Urban Land
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Urban Land written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with City planning categories.
Garden And Forest
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Author : Charles Sprague Sargent
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Garden And Forest written by Charles Sprague Sargent and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Botany categories.
The Urban Playground
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Author : Jane Bishop
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Urban Playground written by Jane Bishop and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
Environmental Equity Of Lansing S Urban Park Policy
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Author : Sissi Patricia Bruch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Environmental Equity Of Lansing S Urban Park Policy written by Sissi Patricia Bruch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Lansing (Mich.) categories.