Erickson, Donna L.

MetroGreen : connecting open space in North American cities / Donna L. Erickson. - xiv, 333 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index.

Connected open space : the metropolitan scale -- Learning from city stories : ten case study comparisons -- Ecology - home : Toronto and Chicago -- Recreation - well-being : Milwaukee and Ottawa -- Transportation - movement : Calgary and Denver -- Community - neighborhood : Vancouver and Portland -- Green infrastructure - hardworking city systems : Cleveland and Minneapolis-St. Paul -- Lessons for realizing connected open-space networks in North American cities.

1559638435 (cloth : alk. paper) 1559638915 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781559638432 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781559638913 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006009618


City planning--North America--2006--pbk.
Human ecology--North America--2006--pbk.
Metropolitan areas -- Case studies--North America--2006--pbk.
Open spaces--North America--2006--pbk.
Regional planning--North America--2006--pbk.

HT169.N68 / E75 2006

307.1/216097