UID:
almafu_9961417118802883
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Revised edition.
ISBN:
1-7398229-9-4
Content:
Profusely illustrated, this book charts the development of public access parks and what the future holds for these spaces.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Feb 2024).
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Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- A Word from Parks Professionals, Politicians and Parks Organisations -- Introduction -- 1. Public Parks and Municipal Parks -- 2. The Need for Parks -- 3. Pioneering Parks Development -- 4. The Park Movement -- 5. Design and Designers -- 6. Lodges, Bandstands and the Cultivation of Virtue -- 7. Local Pride and Patriotism -- 8. Planting and Park Maintenance -- 9. Permitted Pastimes -- 10. Recreation Grounds, Parks and the Urban Environment -- 11. Public Parks, 1885-1914 -- 12. Later Municipal Park Designers -- 13. Garden Cities and the New Towns Movement -- 14. Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation in Public Parks in the Inter-war Years -- 15. Parks Management - a Changing Perspective -- 16. Decline, Revival and Renewal - the Role of Parks into 21st-century Britain -- Appendices -- Summary of main legislation promoting early park development -- Chronology of main municipal and public park developments between 1800 and 1885 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subscription List -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-7398229-8-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781739822996
URL:
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