MetroGreen : connecting open space in North American cities / Donna L. Erickson.

Publisher's description: In metropolitan areas across the country you can hear the laments over the loss of green space to new subdivisions and strip malls. But some city residents have begun unprecedented measures to protect their open land, and a growing movement seeks not only to preserve th...

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Main Author: Erickson, Donna L.
Other title:Metro Green : connecting open space in North American cities.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Island Press, [2006]
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-324) and index. 
505 0 |g PART I :  |t CONNECTED OPEN SPACE:  |t Connected open space : the metropolitan scale --  |t Learning from city stories : ten case study comparisons --  |g PART II :  |t CONNECTIVITY AND HUMAN ECOLOGICAL PLANNING:  |t Ecology - home : Toronto and Chicago --  |t Recreation - well-being : Milwaukee and Ottawa --  |t Transportation - movement : Calgary and Denver --  |t Community - neighborhood : Vancouver and Portland --  |t Green infrastructure - hardworking city systems : Cleveland and Minneapolis-St. Paul --  |g PART III :  |t SYNTHESIS : KEY INGREDIENTS, CHALLENGES, AND STRATEGIC TRENDS:  |t Lessons for realizing connected open-space networks in North American cities. 
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650 0 |a Human ecology  |z North America. 
650 6 |a Espaces verts  |z Amérique du Nord. 
650 6 |a Urbanisme  |z Amérique du Nord. 
650 6 |a Aménagement du territoire  |z Amérique du Nord. 
650 6 |a Agglomérations urbaines  |z Amérique du Nord  |v Cas, Études de. 
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