Umfang:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780203402146
Inhalt:
Brings together extensive research and practical experience to prove the opportunities and benefits of open spaces to society and individuals
Anmerkung:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Urban living -- What is open space? -- Urban open spaces -- SECTION ONE The Benefits and Opportunities of Open Spaces -- CHAPTER ONE Social benefits and opportunities -- Introduction -- Children's play -- Passive recreation -- Active recreation -- Active recreation-reduction of incivilities and crime -- Community focus -- Cultural focus -- Open spaces as educational resources -- Summary -- CHAPTER TWO Health benefits and opportunities -- Introduction -- Contribution to physical health-opportunities for exercise -- The contribution to mental health-restorative effects of nature -- Wildlife-an experience for people of near nature -- Aesthetic appreciation -- Summary -- CHAPTER THREE Environmental benefits and opportunities -- Introduction -- Urban climate and environment -- Airflow -- Air pollution -- Temperature -- Humidity and precipitation -- Amelioration of urban climate and environment -- Amelioration of airflow -- Reduction of air pollution-carbon dioxide -- Reduction of air pollution-absorption of pollutants -- Reduction of air temperature -- Amelioration of radiation and sunshine -- Noise pollution -- Amelioration of urban climate by vegetation and green spaces -- Wildlife-opportunities for habitats and human experience -- Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR Economic benefits and opportunities -- Introduction -- The impact on property values -- Employment opportunities -- Crop production -- Tourism -- Summary -- SECTION TWO Urban Open Spaces-Spaces for All -- CHAPTER FIVE Domestic urban open spaces -- Introduction -- Housing -- Private gardens -- Community gardens -- Allotments -- CHAPTER SIX Neighbourhood urban open spaces -- Introduction -- Parks -- Playgrounds -- Playing fields and sports grounds -- School playgrounds
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Streets -- City farms -- Incidental spaces and natural green space -- CHAPTER SEVEN Civic urban open spaces -- Introduction -- Commercial -- Squares -- Plazas -- Water features -- Office grounds -- Health and education -- Hospital grounds -- University campuses -- Courtyards -- Roof gardens -- Transport -- Ports and docks -- Transport and waterway corridors -- Recreational -- Woodland -- Golf courses -- Cemeteries -- CHAPTER EIGHT A new deal for urban open spaces? -- Quality of life-the challenge for sustainable cities -- Tools and methods for the way forward -- SECTION THREE Urban Open Spaces Case Studies -- Neighbourhood and recreational urban open spaces -- Sherwood, Longsands and Cottam, Preston, Lancashire -- Northwestern Gardens, Llandudno -- Stormont Estate Playpark, Belfast, Northern Ireland -- Redgates School Sensory Garden for Children with Special Educational Needs, Croydon -- Spring Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire -- Stockley Golf Course, London -- Civic urban open spaces -- Victoria Square, Birmingham -- The Peace Gardens, Sheffield -- Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh -- Mold Community Hospital -- Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh -- Curzon Street Courtyard, London -- Marie Curie 'Garden of Hope', Finchley, London -- Dockside Regeneration at Chatham Maritime -- Black Country Route Sculptures -- Victoria Quays, Sheffield Canal Basin -- References -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Woolley, Helen Urban Open Spaces Oxford : CRC Press LLC,c2003 ISBN 9780419256908
Sprache:
Englisch
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