International greenway planning: an introduction

Fábos, Julius Gy.; Ryan, Robert L.

doi:10.1016/s0169-2046(03)00155-5

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“…In USA as Boston Park System in 1876 to 1900 [1]. After Olmsted, his pupils expanded his attitudes by creating park systems and greenway network with attitude toward movement of beautiful city.…”

Section: History Of Greenwaysmentioning

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“…He found that all of them were connected to each other through different corridors particularly rivers which was called environmental corridors. In this period, one can name Ian MacHarg due to his very impressive book entitled "Design with Nature" [1]. In this period, sustainable development movement starts.…”

Section: History Of Greenwaysmentioning

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“…The initial goals of creation of these ways are protection of land and natural environments inside cities and promotion of urban life quality. These ways have been also used for urban transportation, recreation and communication with nature [1] [2].…”

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“…To create continuity between the natural and historical structures in cities, different strategies have been presented during history such as the parkways which have been built to create urban recreational ways in 19th half-century in Paris and the park systems which have been initiated by Frederick Olmsted and Boston Park System to create communication between urban parks and places of urban recreational activities since the late 19th century [1] or the greenbelt was created by Ebenezer Howard in 1898 to prevent excessive development and growth of cities [3]. One of these strategies is use of ecological green axes, which has multiple environmental, historical and cultural and recreational goals in addition to creation of continuity between natural and historical structures and protection of them and leads to stability of natural and historical structures.…”

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Explaining Design Dimensions of Ecological Greenways

Pourjafar¹,

Moradi²

2015

OJE

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Design of greenways is one of the most important planning tools in the promotion of quality of life of the city residents. Greenways are necessary due to their major role in increase of air quality and positive changes in the climate of the urban environments for keeping the environmental quality of the cities and considerably increasing aesthetic values of these environments. Protection of natural ecological systems, provision of extensive recreational opportunities for people in urban regions and rural districts, provision of economic benefits and protection of cultural values and historical heritage are the advantages of designing and creating greenways inside cities. The present paper which was conducted with descriptive-analytical method tried to explain design dimensions of ecological greenways in three urban physical, environmental and social-economic systems by studying suitable experimental concepts and samples in the world. In this regard, this paper studied five main goals of designing greenways: promotion of local and urban accesses with greenways, aesthetic aspects of urban landscapes, improvement of performance and distribution of activities by creating greenways, increase of efficiency and environmental aspects in the city and revival of social values considering economic sustainability and in this regard design strategies and policies were presented for each one of them based on these goals.

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Explaining Design Dimensions of Ecological Greenways

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Moradi²

2015

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“…68, issues 2-3) that came out in spring of 2004 (Fábos and Ryan, 2004). This special issue had six authors from North America, two from Europe, and one each from Asia and Oceania.…”

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