{"product_id":"green-wedge-urbanism-9781474229180","title":"Green Wedge Urbanism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs towns and cities worldwide deal with fast-increasing land pressures, while also trying to promote more sustainable, connected communities, the creation of green spaces within urban areas is receiving greater attention than ever before. At the same time, the value of the green belt' as the most prominent model of green space planning is being widely questioned, and an array of alternative models are being proposed.  This book explores one of those alternative models  the green wedge', showing how this offers a successful model for integrating urban development and nature in existing and new towns and cities around the world. Green wedges, considered here as ducts of green space running from the countryside into the centre of a city or town, are not only making a comeback in urban planning, but they have a deeper history in the twentieth century than many expect  a history that provides valuable insight and lessons in the employment of networked green spaces in city design and regiona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreen Wedge Urbanism\u003c\/i\u003e provides an original and potentially impactful contribution to urban theory, history and practice. The narrative of the book surfaces the concept of the \u003ci\u003eGreen Wedge\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e Green wedge: definitions Interdisciplinarity, locality, temporality and scale The structure Methods and sources   \u003cb\u003ePart 1 – Green Wedges in History\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eChapter 1 – Urban planning with nature\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChapter 2 – The emergence and diffusion of the green wedge idea\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChapter 3 – Towards a bright future: green-wedge visions for the post-war period\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChapter 4 – Polycentrism and regional planning\u003c\/i\u003e 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 São 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   \u003cb\u003ePart 2 – Green Wedges Today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eChapter 5 – Green spaces, networks and contemporary challenges\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChapter 6 – Towards sustainable and resilient city-regions\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChapter 7 – Green wedges: from the city-region to the neighbourhood\u003c\/i\u003e Hamburg green network plan The \u003ci\u003eRaggi Verdi\u003c\/i\u003e 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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019911987543,"sku":"9781474229180","price":123.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474229180.jpg?v=1750781706","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/green-wedge-urbanism-9781474229180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}