Regeneration of Public Parks

Name: Regeneration of Public Parks
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ISBN: 9780419259008

ISBN-10: 0419259007

ISBN-13: 9780419259008

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ken Fieldhouse, Jan Woudstra

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This work provides an overview of all elements of public park design, emphasising the diversity and richness within them and providing suitable approaches to their renovation and future care.

Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 8.66" wide x 10.87" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 1.694

James Hitchmough is Reader (Associate Professor) at the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture and has a wide-ranging interest in the use of vegetation in landscape design management.Ken Fieldhouse was a qualified Landscape Architecture and trained Town Planner. He was editor of Landscape Design Journal and was deeply involved in a wide range of environmental publishing initiatives.



Acknowledgements


Contributors


Foreword


















Introduction: the regeneration of public parks



Parks and people: the social functions



Memory and value



Study methods



Buildings and monuments



The use of iron



Paths



Shrubbery planting (1830-1900)



Bedding schemes



Late 20th century bedding practice



Lakes and water features



Play and sport



Bibliography


Index