California ; Green space ; Los Angeles ; Social geography ; United States ; Urban landscape ; Urban park
This green space in Los Angeles is one of the first parks in the USA designed for dogs and their owners. The AA. discuss the local politics and grass-roots involvement of dog owners and the patterns of use by animals and humans. They also give
Several contributions about the discussion concerning landscape parks, which became actual in the Netherlands after the publication of the so called Green Reports by the government. These reports contain a proposal for the creation of landscape
parks in the Netherlands. The discussion is centered around the confronting visions of agricultural and environmental groups about these parks. (AGD).
The tropical national parks of Latin America and the Caribbean : present problems and future potential
Caribbean ; Latin America ; Natural park ; Nature conservation ; Tropical zone
In 1990 Latin America had 168 national parks compared to 48 in 1971. However, 18 parks receive no protection. Synopses of selected parks in Grenada, Virgin Islands, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Venezuela. - (DWG)
The Neighbourhood Park Improvement Plan, executed by the Taipei City Government, is aimed at encouraging community involvement in the planning and design of neighbourhood parks. Park users consider the facility suitability and functional benefits
of improved parks to be better than those of unimproved parks.
Quantitative evaluation of direct transfer payments as well as the monetary effects from tourism in this national park in the Unterengadin/Münstertal region in Grisons Canton. - (DWG)
Nature, home, and scenery : the official spatialities of Swedish national parks
Ideology ; Landscape ; Nature park ; Production of space ; Space ; Sweden
With the help of Lefebvre's writings on space, the A. argues that three interrelated spatialities constitute the abstract space of Swedish national parks : empty, organic, and optical space.
Conservation in Denmark with particular reference to the concepts of nature parks in International experience with national parks and related reserves.
Rus in urbe : the spatial evolution of urban parks in the United States, 1850-1920
Diffusion ; Historical geography ; Landscape ; Nineteenth Century ; Time series ; Town ; United States of America ; Urban park
Investigated are the origins of two types of city parks, the large landscape park of the Victorian Era (1840-1890) and the small playground parks of the Progressive Era (1890-1920). Their spatial patterns of diffusion among large cities
in the United States are mapped. Both types of parks, although serving different clientele, started in the industrial cities of northeastern United States. - (SLD)