Urban Green Space System Planning in Foreign Cities

Author: Xu Hao
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book is compiled based on the author's years of accumulated materials, introducing the development history and current status of urban park green space construction and planning in the United States, Europe, and Japan, as well as the application of ecological concepts and methods, electronic information technology, and other contemporary green space planning practices. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on urban green spaces in Europe and America, reviewing the history and development of modern European city parks, the urban park systems in the United States, and the emergence and evolution of regional green space planning. Chapter 2 introduces the historical development and current status of urban green space planning and construction in Japan. Chapter 3 discusses the application of ecological concepts and landscape ecology in green space planning. Chapter 4 reviews the development of geographic information system (GIS) technology abroad and its advantages in green space monitoring and analysis, with a focus on the green space status analysis project in the central area of Tokyo, Japan. Chapter 5 presents Japanese green space planning case studies, including the green space planning of Tsukuba University and the Yokohama Port North New Town.