{"product_id":"urban-green-peter-harnik-9781597266840","title":"Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor years American urban parks fell into decay due to disinvestment, but as cities began to rebound--and evidence of the economic, cultural, and health benefits of parks grew-- investment in urban parks swelled. The U.S. Conference of Mayors recently cited meeting the growing demand for parks and open space as one of the biggest challenges for urban leaders today. It is now widely agreed that the U.S. needs an ambitious and creative plan to increase urban parklands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Urban Green explores new and innovative ways for \"built out\" cities to add much-needed parks. Peter Harnik first explores the question of why urban parkland is needed and then looks at ways to determine how much is possible and where park investment should go. When presenting the ideas and examples for parkland, he also recommends political practices that help create parks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book offers many practical solutions, from reusing the land under defunct factories to sharing schoolyards, from building trails on abandoned tracks to planting community gardens, from decking parks over highways to allowing more activities in cemeteries, from eliminating parking lots to uncovering buried streams, and more. No strategy alone is perfect, and each has its own set of realities. But collectively they suggest a path toward making modern cities more beautiful, more sociable, more fun, more ecologically sound, and more successful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Harnik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597266841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597266840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Harnik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453805015295,"sku":"9781597266840","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7907cbbf-2fda-4678-abe8-8668d76f58c4.jpg?v=1777302408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-green-peter-harnik-9781597266840","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}