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Author:   Professor Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781350154346

ISBN 10:   1350154342
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 February 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Green wedge: definitions Interdisciplinarity, locality, temporality and scale The structure Methods and sources Part 1 - Green Wedges in History Chapter 1 - Urban planning with nature The Enlightenment and the pursuit of nature The industrial revolution and the disintegration of open spaces The rise of town planning Ring vs. radial growth Park systems Chapter 2 - The emergence and diffusion of the green wedge idea Radial planning, radial parks and green wedges Intrinsic opposition: belts vs. wedges Opposition resolved: belts and wedges as elements of the same park system The socialist city Chapter 3 - Towards a bright future: green-wedge visions for the post-war period London: the green-wedge metropolis Diagraming the future The County of London Plan 1943 The Greater London Plan 1944 Other British cities New towns and green spaces Planning new beginnings Chapter 4 - Polycentrism and regional planning Organising the territory: the Nordic experience The 1947 Finger Plan Other Scandinavian capitals The corridor-wedge model: the Nordic influence Planning the metropolis: the case of Sao Paulo Corridor-wedge in the United States Visions for South East England The case of Melbourne Other cases The Green Heart and wedges of Randstad in the Netherlands Part 2 - Green Wedges Today Chapter 5 - Green spaces, networks and contemporary challenges The benefits of green spaces The birth of Urban Design and the 'Star City' Green infrastructures Landscape Ecology Landscape Urbanism Sustainability and resilience in face of climate change Chapter 6 - Towards sustainable and resilient city-regions Stockholm: towards blue and green wedges The development of a model: the Copenhagen Finger Plan The green fingers of Helsinki Randstad: from Green Heart to Green-Blue Delta Melbourne towards 2030 Freiburg: the green wedge and the mountain-valley systems Chapter 7 - Green wedges: from the city-region to the neighbourhood Hamburg green network plan The Raggi Verdi of Milan Songzhuang Arts and Agriculture City: a new form of urban-rural relationship Green wedges at multiple scales: Viikki Rieselfeld Vauban The Neighbourhood scale: Dunsfold Park, UK The green wedge as a typology: La Sagrera Linear Park, Spain Green Wedge Urbanism: Past, Present and Future The green wedge idea: from the city scale to the polycentric region Towards a theory of green wedge urbanism Index Bibliography Notes

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Green Wedge Urbanism provides an original and potentially impactful contribution to urban theory, history and practice. The narrative of the book surfaces the concept of the Green Wedge historically and geographically, acting both as an archaeology of its meaning and a critical examination of its contemporary practice. * Simon Guy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University, UK * This fascinating and historically informed account sheds new light on the urban landscape, reminding us of the benefits of linear open space, whether as an alternative to encompassing green belts or (even better) in combination with them. * Michael Hebbert, Professor of Town Planning at University College London, UK * A strong argument for the significance of the concept in planning history and practice. Overall, Lemes de Oliveira's chronicle of the green wedge concept adds significantly to our understanding of this impactful model. It will be useful for environmental and regional planners, particularly those with an interest in planning history or theory. . . . Appropriate for graduate-level courses. * Journal of Planning Education and Research * The book provides new, scientifically sound information on the design of green corridors in numerous cities, past and present. . . . The book is very well suited as a textbook as well as a comprehensive study for anyone interested in urban and green space planning. * Journal of the Finnish Society of Urban Planning *

Author Information

Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira is Associate Professor in Urbanism at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests include urban design theory, modern architecture history and exploring the relationship between modern planning ideas and landscape architecture.

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