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The greening of urban post-industrial landscapes: past practices and emerging trends
Public, private, and non-profit entities are increasingly engaged in greening post-industrial landscapes in an effort to achieve a broad array of aesthetic, infrastructure, recreational, ecological, and economic development objectives at various scales. Despite this growing level of interest, however, these projects continue to face numerous challenges related to financing, land acquisition, soil contamination, and concern regarding long-term maintenance, just to name a few. This paper begins with an overview of the “nature” of greening activity that has taken place in the USA and Canada and then focuses on three case studies – Elmhurst Park New York City, South Waterfront Portland, and Menomonee Valley Milwaukee – in order to illustrate the planning processes involved in their remediation and development. Key lessons are then drawn, with a particular emphasis on the growing need to attract buy-in and funding by linking greening with other forms of development and broader urban sustainability initiatives.
The greening of urban post-industrial landscapes: past practices and emerging trends
Public, private, and non-profit entities are increasingly engaged in greening post-industrial landscapes in an effort to achieve a broad array of aesthetic, infrastructure, recreational, ecological, and economic development objectives at various scales. Despite this growing level of interest, however, these projects continue to face numerous challenges related to financing, land acquisition, soil contamination, and concern regarding long-term maintenance, just to name a few. This paper begins with an overview of the “nature” of greening activity that has taken place in the USA and Canada and then focuses on three case studies – Elmhurst Park New York City, South Waterfront Portland, and Menomonee Valley Milwaukee – in order to illustrate the planning processes involved in their remediation and development. Key lessons are then drawn, with a particular emphasis on the growing need to attract buy-in and funding by linking greening with other forms of development and broader urban sustainability initiatives.
The greening of urban post-industrial landscapes: past practices and emerging trends
De Sousa, Christopher (author)
Local Environment ; 19 ; 1049-1067
2014-11-26
19 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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