Green wedge urbanism : history, theory and contemporary practice / Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira

By:

Lemes de Oliveira, Fabiano

Language: English Publication details: Bloomsbury Academic , 2017. London :Description: xvi, 285 p, maps : illISBN:

9781474229180

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DDC classification:

307.76 LEM-G

Contents:

Introduction -- Part one. Green wedges in history. Urban planning with nature -- The emergence and diffusion of the green wedge idea -- Towards a bright future : green wedge visions for the post-war period -- Polycentrism and regional planning -- Part two. Green wedges today. Green spaces, networks and contemporary challenges -- Towards sustainable and resilient city-regions -- Green wedges : from the city-region to the neighbourhood -- Green wedge urbanism : past, present and future.

Summary: As towns and cities worldwide deal with fast-increasing land pressures, while also trying to promote more sustainable, connected communities, the creation of green spaces within urban areas is receiving greater attention than ever before. At the same time, the value of the 'green belt' as the most prominent model of green space planning is being widely questioned, and an array of alternative models are being proposed. This book explores one of those alternative models--the 'green wedge'--showing how this offers a successful model for integrating urban development and nature in existing and new towns and cities around the world. Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, are not only making a comeback in urban planning, but they have a deeper history in the twentieth century than many expect--a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regional planning today.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB E-1	Non Fiction	307.76 LEM-G (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by Anand Wadwekar		010671

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Introduction --
Part one. Green wedges in history. Urban planning with nature --
The emergence and diffusion of the green wedge idea --
Towards a bright future : green wedge visions for the post-war period --
Polycentrism and regional planning --
Part two. Green wedges today. Green spaces, networks and contemporary challenges --
Towards sustainable and resilient city-regions --
Green wedges : from the city-region to the neighbourhood --
Green wedge urbanism : past, present and future.

As towns and cities worldwide deal with fast-increasing land pressures, while also trying to promote more sustainable, connected communities, the creation of green spaces within urban areas is receiving greater attention than ever before. At the same time, the value of the 'green belt' as the most prominent model of green space planning is being widely questioned, and an array of alternative models are being proposed. This book explores one of those alternative models--the 'green wedge'--showing how this offers a successful model for integrating urban development and nature in existing and new towns and cities around the world. Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, are not only making a comeback in urban planning, but they have a deeper history in the twentieth century than many expect--a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regional planning today.

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