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Parks & Rec

Parks & Rec AICP

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Large Metropolitan Parks include variety of vistas, opp for rec activities, & opp for educational activities
Community Parks Should be accessible to peds & bikes & may include swimming pool, ball fields, tennis courts, trails, picnic tables, & areas of natural value
Neighborhood Parks may include play equipment, paved areas, picnic areas, walkways, landscaping
Pocket parks serve very local pop. w/ green space
Tot lots serve neighborhood w/places for small children to play
Neighborhood or community gardens offer opportunities for residents of a neighborhood to grow flowers & vegetables
Active recreation parks places for baseball, soccer, & other games
Passive rec parks Feature paths for walking and places to sit
Greenways provide paths for walking, biking, or horseback riding as well as undisturbed, inaccessible habitat corridors
CPTED Crime Prevention Though Environmental Design
Green Infrastructure greenways or park space may provide opportunities for wildlife migration & habitat & may improve the quality of air due to action of trees; may provide buffer for surface water features & protection from flood hazards;
What is improved by parks & open space? improve air & water quality, biological diversity, & stormwater retention
What are costs associated with providing space? personnel for maintenance & policing & capital expenditures to create ball fields or trails & for equipment to maintain them
What can be a threat caused by parks? if it creates unaceptable amounts of noise or traffic on local streets or provides opportunities for crime
Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux 1822-1903 Designed Central Park in New York City in 1851
First National Park Yellowstone National Park 1872
Charles Mulford Robinson and George Kessler Designed Denver's PArks & Parkways Systems 1906
Robert Moses 1. Influenced development of state parks & parkways in NY & Long Island 2.Drafted State Park Plan for New York, laid out NY st. park system 3.lobbied st gov't to est. State Council of Parks 1923
Park Standards set by National Recreation and Parks Association Regional park - 250 acres or 5 acres for every 1,000 people served; Community park-20 acres or 2 acres for every 1,000 people served;Neighborhood Park-5 acres or 5 acres for every 1,000
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