Designing Greenways: Sustainable Landscapes for Nature And People - Couverture souple

Smith, Daniel; Hellmund, Paul Cawood

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1559633255 ISBN 13 : 9781559633253

Editeur : Island Press, 2006

Synopsis

Designing Greenways offers readers a powerful framework for reconnecting people, nature, and communities through thoughtful landscape planning. For planners, designers, conservationists, and civic leaders, this book delivers more than theory--it equips you with the insight and tools to create greenways that serve both ecological and human needs.

Greenways aren't just scenic paths--they're strategic corridors that protect biodiversity, manage stormwater, connect neighborhoods, and foster mental and physical well-being. This book shows you how to design them well. Drawing from ecology, conservation biology, recreation planning, and aquatic systems, the authors break down what makes greenways effective--structurally, socially, and ecologically.

You'll benefit from dozens of case studies that illustrate what successful greenway projects look like in practice, from historic urban parkways to river-adjacent trails and wildlife corridors. You'll learn how greenways are conceived, what challenges they face, and how they evolve to meet the needs of growing communities and shifting landscapes.

Most importantly, Designing Greenways gives you the confidence to initiate or improve greenway projects in your own community. It helps you make smarter planning decisions, avoid common pitfalls, and design spaces that endure. For anyone seeking to build healthier, more connected, and more resilient places, this book delivers the vision--and the roadmap--to do it right.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Landscape architect Paul Cawood Hellmund is Director of the Conway School of Landscape Design in western Massachusetts. His writing, teaching, and design work focus on greenways, ecological networks, protected areas, and related projects that seek a balance the needs of people with the functions of nature. He lives with his wife and two sons in the village of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.

Dan Smith was a 2000-2001 Carnegie Council Fellow, where completed a project on "Sustainability, from Local to Global." Co-editor of the book Ecology of Greenways, he completed his doctorate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Daniel Somers Smith teaches in the Environmental Studies department of Antioch University, New England in Keene, NH. He is interested in the history, ideas, and practice of nature conservation and environmentalism, and especially how critical analysis of this and other social movements can lead to more inclusive and far-sighted modes of action. He is also the author of Hidden Ecologies: The Paradox of Consumptive Environmentalism, which examines the intertwined histories of wildlands conservation and tourism in the New England and New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1559633255
• ISBN 13: 9781559633253
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible