{"product_id":"designing-small-parks-isbn-9780471736806","title":"Designing Small Parks","description":"Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. Small parks are too often relegated to being the step-child of municipal and metropolitan open space systems because of assumptions that their small size and isolation limits their recreational capacity and makes them ecologically less valuable than large city and county parks. This manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of small parks. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Also included are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating research findings into small urban park design. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Introduction to Small Parks 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of Park Planning and Design Concerns 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1: Size, Shape, and Number 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2: Connections and Edges 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3: Appearance and Other Sensory Issues 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4: Naturalness 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5: Water 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6: Plants 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7:Wildlife 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8: Climate and Air 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9: Activities and Groups 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10: Safety 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 1 : Management 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12: Public Involvement 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSUMMARY Lessons About Small Parks 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign Examples 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXAMPLE 1 : Taking Advantage of Stormwater Management in a New Suburban Area 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXAMPLE 2 : Rehabilitating a Park for Community Revitalization 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXAMPLE 3 : Renovating a Suburban Park for Water Quality and Active Recreation 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXAMPLE 4 : Redefining the New Urban Town Square 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEXAMPLE 5: Reusing a Vacant Lot in the Center City 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign Development Guidelines 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesign Development Issues in Brief 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey Words 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 193\u003c\/p\u003e  ANN FORSYTH, PhD, MPIA, is Dayton Hudson Chair of Urban Design and Director of the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota. Her publications include Constructing Suburbs: Competing Voices in a Debate Over Urban Growth and Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands.  \u003cp\u003eLAURA R. MUSACCHIO, PhD, ASLA, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and is on the research faculty in the Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minnesota. She is also a research scientist in urban ecology with the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project.\u003c\/p\u003e  Social and ecological guidelines for designing and maintaining small parks  \u003cp\u003eDesigning Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns draws on a wide range of knowledge to provide a one-stop reference to building better parks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegrating design criteria with current social and natural science research, Designing Small Parks presents landscape architects, park designers, park departments, planners, scientists, and civic groups with a broad palette of design options. Beginning with an overview of key issues and terms, this accessible manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, and tensions in the design of small parks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning Small Parks features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcise guidelines providing immediate access to critical information\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFundamental material on size, edges, appearance, and naturalness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEcological and human environment coverage of water, plants, wildlife, and air and climate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuccinct summaries of issues surrounding clients and other involved parties\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOver 100 drawings and photographs illustrating design details\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUp-to-date scientific research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFive conceptual design examples that offer hands-on applications of covered material\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989049589989,"sku":"NP9780471736806","price":87.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471736806.jpg?v=1761782584","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/designing-small-parks-isbn-9780471736806","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}