Parks – Page 3 – The Nature of Cities

Chinese (Simplified)

Chinese (Traditional)

Kurdish (Kurmanji)

Myanmar (Burmese)

Scottish Gaelic

2018 Mar

Photo Essay: Finding Refuge in City Parks

Jennifer Baljko

Asia, Awareness, Biophilia, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Parks, Value, What is urban nature?
2018 Mar

How One Mostly Unknown Man Shaped Environmental Policy for a Nation: A Tribute to Robert Semple, Jr.

Adrian Benepe

Awareness, Governance, Media, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Pollution, Stewardship, Value
2018 Feb

Three Case Studies in Re-wilding: Models and Methods for Other Cities to Consider

Kevin Sloan

Architecture, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Conservation, Design, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2018 Feb

Searching for Sustainable Lawns in Sweden

Maria E Ignatieva

Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Conservation, Culture, Design, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Invasive Species, Landscape, Livability, Parks, Resilience, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Value, Water, What is urban nature?
2018 Jan

Regional Parks Connect People to Nature Close to Home

Lynn Wilson

Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Communities, Conservation, Development, Economics, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Governance, Health, Landscape, Livability, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Stewardship, Value, What is urban nature?
2018 Jan

Blandscaping that Erases Local Ecological Diversity

Stuart Connop
and
Caroline Nash

Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Design, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Health, Invasive Species, Landscape, Parks, Pollution, Resilience, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Value, What is urban nature?
2018 Jan

Reflecting on Two Years Walking in Asia

Jennifer Baljko

Asia, Awareness, Biophilia, Communities, Development, Health, Livability, Parks, Planning, Pollution, Value, What is urban nature?
2017 Dec

Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2017

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Design, Ecosystem services, Gardens, Invasive Species, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, South America, Sustainability, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2017 Dec

Read This! For Every Continent, Must-Read and Continent-Specific Books About Cities

David Maddox

Africa, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Ecosystem services, Governance, Green Infrastructure, Health, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Pollution, Resilience, South America, Stewardship, Sustainability, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams
2017 Nov

Walking on Rivers — Dry Riverbeds as Public Parks?

Sareh Moosavi

Climate change, Communities, Culture, Design, Development, Experiencing Nature, Livability, Parks, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?
2017 Nov

Getting Humans to Learn to Live in Harmony with Wildlife

Lena Chan

Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Culture, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Parks, Value, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 Oct

What Can We Learn from Past Successes? Thirty Years of Urban Ecology Action in London

David Goode

Biodiversity, Biophilia, Children, Communities, Design, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Health, Livability, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship, Value, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 Oct

The Human Disconnect in Trash Management

Jennifer Baljko

Awareness, Culture, Experiencing Nature, Parks, Pollution, Stewardship, Value
2017 Sep

New York’s Central Park as Muse, as Imagination, as Home

Mary Mattingly

Art, Awareness, Experiencing Nature, Parks, Value, What is urban nature?
2017 Sep

Thinking About the Concept of “Cultural Nature” while Walking the Gardens of Méréville

Louise Lezy-Bruno

Conservation, Design, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Landscape, Parks, Stewardship, Value, What is urban nature?
2017 Aug

The Tree for All Journey: Rethinking Urban Growth At the Landscape Scale

Bruce Roll

Birds, Design, North America, Parks, partnerships, Planning, Policy, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 Aug

Patrick Geddes’ 19th Century “Pocket Park” Inspires Art Installation

Allison Palenske

Art, Europe, Livability, Parks, What is urban nature?
2017 May

To whom does a city’s nature belong? Is it a common pool resource, or a public good? And who decides?

Amita Baviskar
,
Lindsay Campbell
,
James Connolly
,
Sheila Foster
,
Phil Ginsburg
,
Jeff Hou
,
Marianne Krasny
,
Mary Mattingly
,
Oona Morrow
,
Harini Nagendra
,
Raul Pacheco-Vega
,
Michael Sarbanes
,
Philip Silva
and
Diana Wiesner

Communities, Ecosystem services, Gardens, Gentrification, Governance, Green Infrastructure, Health, Housing, Justice, Livability, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Policy, Pollution, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?
2017 Apr

Watts Neighbors Build a Much-Needed Park in Los Angeles

Tori Kjer

Children, Communities, Health, Justice, Livability, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Vacant lots
2017 Mar

How Large Parks Complete Cities

Lynn Wilson

Architecture, Design, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Justice, Parks, Planning, What is urban nature?
2017 Mar

What are we trying to accomplish with biophilic cities? What are ambitious goals and targets, and measures of success?

Pippin Anderson
,
Tim Beatley
,
Lena Chan
,
Paul Downton
,
Ian Douglas
,
Dusty Gedge
,
David Goode
,
Bram Gunther
,
Chris Ives
,
Tania Katzschner
,
Steve Maslin
,
Peter Newman
,
Phil Roös
,
Eric Sanderson
,
Jana Söderlund
,
Fleur Timmer
,
Chantal van Ham
,
Mike Wells
and
Ken Yeang

Architecture, Biophilia, Birds, Design, Economics, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Health, Infrastructure, Livability, Parks, Resilience, Trees, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2017 Mar

Exploring the Park Edge from a Worm’s Eye View

Lindsay Campbell
,
Novem Auyeung
,
Michelle Johnson
and
Erika Svendsen

Communities, Conservation, Experiencing Nature, Health, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Stewardship, Tools, What is urban nature?
2017 Feb

How to Make Urban Green Verdant and Sustainable: Designing “Wild” Swedish Lawns

Maria E Ignatieva

Biodiversity, Culture, Design, Ecosystem services, Gardens, Invasive Species, Parks, What is urban nature?
2017 Jan

You say po-TAY-to. What ecologists and landscape architects don’t get about each other, but ought to.

Ana Faggi
,
Mark Hostetler
,
Maria E Ignatieva
,
Amy Hahs
,
Jürgen Breuste
,
Susannah Drake
,
Marcus Hedblom
,
Andrew Grant
,
Mike Wells
,
Steven Handel
,
Diane Pataki
,
Ian MacGregor-Fors
,
Anne Trumble
,
Christine Thuring
,
Kevin Sloan
,
Gloria Aponte
,
Nina-Marie Lister
,
Sarah Hinners
,
AnaLuisa Artesi
,
Jala Makhzoumi
,
Jason King
,
Yun Hye HWANG
,
Danielle Dagenais
,
Mary Cadenasso
,
Veronica Fabio
and
Peter Werner

Architecture, Australia & New Zealand, Biodiversity, Conservation, Design, Development, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, South America, Sustainability, Tools
2017 Jan

Linear Parks: The Importance of a Balanced, Cross-Disciplinary Design

Ana Faggi
,
Claudia Zuleyka Vidal
,
Florencia Gustelar
and
Romina Lopez

Corridors, Ecosystem services, Experiencing Nature, Livability, Parks, Planning, South America, Tools, What is urban nature?
2017 Jan

Celebrating the First Ecology Parks in London

David Goode

Design, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Europe, Experiencing Nature, History, Parks, What is urban nature?
2016 Dec

Highlights from The Nature of Cities in 2016

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecosystem services, Education/Knowledge/Learning, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Health, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Stewardship, Sustainability, Tools, Value, Water, Wetlands/Rivers/Streams, What is urban nature?, Wildlife People Interactions
2016 Dec

Read this! 90 recommendations for the one book about (or relevant to) cities that everyone should read

David Maddox

Africa, Agriculture, Architecture, Art, Asia, Awareness, Biodiversity, Biophilia, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Culture, Design, Development, Disasters/Red zone, Ecocities, Economics, Ecosystem services, Education, Experiencing Nature, Gardens, Justice, Landscape, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Policy, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, What is urban nature?
2016 Nov

Uses and Abuses of Preservation

Mathieu Hélie

Architecture, Coasts, Culture, Design, Governance, History, Housing, Parks, Planning, Preservation
2016 Oct

Embedding Urban Ecology into Policy: West Berlin as a Case Study

Katharine Burgess

Europe, Green Infrastructure, History, Landscape, Parks, Planning, Tools, Value, What is urban nature?