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Author Wright, Amalie, author

Title Future Park : Imagining Tomorrow's Urban Parks / by Amalie Wright
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Author; Introduction; 01 . Linkages; 02 . Obsolescences; 03 . Co-locations; 04 . Installations; Where to from here?; Endnotes; Appendix; Project distribution; Index; Places; Projects; People
Summary The first public parks were created on urban 'greenfields'. Once these designated sites had been used, cities looked towards post-industrial sites, and built parks in places that had suffered from environmental degradation, neglect, abandonment and conflict. With finite stocks of urban post-industrial land now also approaching exhaustion, more ways of making parks are required to create inclusive, accessible and resilient urban places. Future Park invites Australian built environment professionals and policymakers to consider the future of parks in our cities. Including spectacular images of p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award - Nominee, 2015
Subject Urban parks -- Economic aspects -- Australia
Urban parks -- Environmental aspects -- Australia
Urban parks -- Social aspects -- Australia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author CSIRO (Australia), issuing body.
ISBN 9780643106611
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9780643106628
0643106626