Parks and Recreation: A look at the world’s finest urban outdoor spaces
Routledge presents the latest edition of one of the most fundamental landscape design books.
Great City Parks is a celebration of the most significant achievements of public landscape architecture. It offers a comprehensive comparison of thirty significant public parks in major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why parks have been created, how they have been designed, how they are managed, and what plans are being made for them.
This book is highly illustrated with clear plans and photographs– with this new edition featuring full colour throughout. Tate updates his seminal 2001 work with 10 additional parks, including: The High Line in NYC, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam. All the previous city parks have also been updated and revised to reflect current usage and management.
As the world becomes increasingly urbanized, parks will continue to make major contributions to quality of life. A well designed and managed outdoor space can offer a vital sanctuary from bustling city life, with the profound power to inspire and invigorate. Great City Parks is a must-read for anyone with an interest in garden and landscape design, urban planning and landscape conservation.
About the author
Alan Tate has a degree in Town and Country Planning, an accredited Diploma in Landscape Design from the University of Manchester, and a PhD in Architecture from Edinburgh College of Art. He has over twenty years' professional experience and is a Fellow and Past President of the United Kingdom Landscape Institute. He has been teaching at the University of Manitoba since 1998 where he was promoted to the position of Professor in 2007 and was Head of Department from 2000 to 2005 and from 2011.
Great City Parks, 2nd Edition By Alan Tate
PB: 978-0-415-53805-3
Published March 8th 2015
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415538053/
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