The greening of the squares of London : transformation of urban landscapes and ideals
Cultural geography ; Eighteenth Century ; England ; Garden ; Greenspace ; Historical geography ; Landscape esthetics ; London ; Perception of the urban environment ; Semiotics of space ; United Kingdom ; Urban landscape ; Urban morphology ; Urban
Berlin ; Germany ; Greenspace ; Place ; Public space ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban park
Without doubt parks, places and other public open spaces have a great cultural, social, ecological and hygienic importance for the cities. The article describes how the Grün Berlin GmbH (Green Berlin Limited Company) which was founded as a state
-owned service company in 1992, operates as a developer of a special kind in this politically unique situation namely as a planning and coordinating body in open space planning. - (IFL)
Accessibility ; Greenspace ; Leisure ; Park components ; Public health ; Urban park ; Young people ; park characteristics ; urban greenspace
activity, and to discuss how these findings can be applied in park design. The results show that access to greenspace is the most frequently reported predictor of park use among youth. The review identified a range of characteristics and components
of urban greenspaces important to youth physical activity. These include sports fields/facilities for movement, walkways and paths, shadow and shelter, trees, water elements, maintenance, renovation, form and size, openness, naturalness and safety
Cultural geography ; Cultural landscape ; Garden ; Greenspace ; Perception ; Planned landscape
The A. addresses conceptual similarities between European and Oriental gardens. Both traditions see the garden as an unlimited space, a strange world, and a series of suspensful events. People of different cultures all saw the garden as a model
Development strategy ; Germany ; Greenspace ; Theory ; Urban ecology ; Urbanism
Landscape architecture is called upon to develop concepts for the increasing number of derelict and perforated spaces. This create great chances for the further development of the profession. New categories of open spaces that are extensively
designed and maintened and that also allow new forms of adoption must complement the traditional range of open spaces. A review of the theory of Louis Le Roy from the 1970' and current projects document exemplary solutions. - (IFL)
Berlin ; Germany ; Greenspace ; Public space ; Urban area ; Urban development
In the sector of land development in Berlin, the growth of open spaces that already occurs and that can be expected in future constitutes a particular challenge for urban development and its instruments of control. Greater priorities
for the maintenance of the existing building stock through a model of value compensation, the strengthening of civic engagement and changed procedures for the treatment of new area types are particularly relevant in this context as a complement to classical open-space
Brno ; Czech Republic ; Greenspace ; Housing ; Moravia ; Urban area ; Urban environment ; Urban structure
A detailed analysis of the residential environment of Brno. Environment hostile functional clashes, extent of green areas, state of social environment and other parametres of housing quality have been taken into consideration. The results show
The A. examines the conflict over a small forest at the margin of Jerusalem that is the subject of dispute between a recently formed coalition of Green advocates and the municipality, with the Greens seeking to prevent the destruction of parts
of the forest that the city wants to use for development. He shows that theories of space, place, and resistance must be supplemented with a contextual analysis of the master cultural narratives that form the symbolic grounds of these conflicts.
Influence of open space on water quality in an urban stream
Greenspace ; New York State ; Pollution ; Pollution control ; Riparian vegetation ; United States of America ; Urban area ; Water quality ; Watershed
mainly from road de-icing salt, to decrease in the greenspace due to dilution from low-conductivity surface runoff. They also expected TIN and FBI to indicate stream improvements in response to increased vegetative cover in the greenspace. Contrary
), while TIN and FBI responded to riparian-scale ISC, which declined sharply in the ecological preserve. Conserving riparian greenspace can aid natural recovery of TIN and FBI. In contrast, controlling conductivity requires watershed-wide management.
Green urban political ecologies : toward a better understanding of inner-city environmental change
Discourse ; Environment ; Environmental management ; Forest ; Greenspace ; Indiana ; Land use ; Man-environment relations ; Social change ; United States of America ; Urban ecology
With the aid of current examples of open-space planning, the article explains how the contents and instruments of urban open space planning are changing under the altered conditions of the post-industrial city. - (IFL)
Decision making process ; Germany ; Greenspace ; Public space ; Spatial competition ; Spatial differentiation ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban landscape
During the past years the discourse about public spaces has opened from pessimistic loss scenarios towards a debate about the complex problems and potentials in these urban areas. Meanwhile one must assume a functional change and differentiation
in existing urban areas and deal with the emergence of new open areas. Various overlaps and transitions between the private and public use of space are emerging. This in turn is associated with conflicts between private claims and the interests of public