Why Cities Need Large Parks: Large Parks in Large Cities

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Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Why Cities Need Large Parks
Values of Large-versus-Small Urban Greenspaces and their Arrangement
Visions of Urban Green
	Large Urban Parks and Urban Green Space: A Historical Perspective
	Urban Park Traditions in Iran and Tehran
	Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
	Pavlovsky Park, St Petersburg, Russia
	Birkenhead Park, Wirral, United Kingdom
	Central Park, New York, United States
Quality of Life
	Can Nature Really Affect our Health? A Short Review of Studies
	A Green Infrastructure Plan for Gothenburg, Sweden
	Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Chapultepec Forest, Mexico City, Mexico
	Lee Valley Regional Park, London, United Kingdom
	Agodi Park and Gardens, Ibadan, Nigeria
Ecosystem Services
	Why Large Parks Matter for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
	Karawatha Forest, Brisbane, Australia
	Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, India
	Rouge National Urban Park, Toronto, Canada
	The Parks of New Orleans, United States: Living with Water
Social Cohesion
	Inclusive Large Parks for Everyone: Fostering Social Cohesion and Environmental Justice
	Amsterdamse Bos, The Netherlands
	Silesia Park, Chorzów, Poland
	Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
	Rivierenhof, Antwerp, Belgium
	London: A National Park City, United Kingdom
City Meets Nature
	The City Meets Nature
	Peri-Urban Parks
	Losiny Ostrov, Moscow, Russia
	The Green Backbone of Leipzig, Germany
	Bogotá’s Environmental Circuit, Colombia
Heritage and Identity
	Florence and Faro, Two Cities and their Conventions: Parks and Everyday Life in Major Cities
	The Royal National City Park, Stockholm, Sweden
	Shōwa Memorial Park, Tokyo, Japan
	Central Delhi Heritage Park, India
	Kings Park, Perth, Australia
Design for All
	Large Parks: Trends (and Possibilities)
	Amager Naturepark, Copenhagen, Denmark
	Qunli Stormwater Park, Harbin, China
	Urban Parks in Africa
	Collserola, Barcelona, Spain
References
Authors
Acknowledgements
Index