The European city and green space
Subtitle: London, Stockholm, Helsinki, and St. Petersburg, 1850-2000
By: edited by Peter Clark.
Contributors: Clark, Peter, 1944-
Series: Historical urban studies series; Historical urban studies.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Open spaces -- Europe -- History.; Greenways -- Europe -- History.; Urban parks -- Europe -- History.; City planning -- Europe -- History.
Description: In this book Peter Clark looks at issues surrounding urban green spaces and city development through an examination of the cities of London, Stockholm, Helsinki and St Petersburg.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Peter Clark and Jussi S. Jauhiainen; title: London and green space, 1850-2000 : an introduction / David A. Reeder; title: The social construction of green space in London prior to the Second World War / David A. Reeder; title: Politics, ideology, and the issue of open space in London, 1939-2000 / Patricia L. Garside; title: Stockholm and green space, 1850-2000 : an introduction / Lars Nilsson; title: Stockholm's urban parks : meeting places and social contexts in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Catharina Nolin; title: The social park : Stockholm, 1900-1939 / Mats Deland; title: The Stockholm style - a model for the building of the city in parks, 1930s-1960s / Lars Nilsson (with Stuart Burch); title: The formation of national urban parks : a nordic contribution to sustainable development? / Peter Schantz; title: Helsinki and green space, 1850-2000 : an introduction / Peter Clark and Marjatta Hietala; title: The role of nature in the city : green space in Helsinki, 1917-1960 / Katri Lento; title: Politicians, professionals, and 'publics' : conflicts over green space in Helsinki, c. 1950-2000 / Marjaana Niemi; title: The seasonality of green space : the case of Uutela, Helsinki c. 2000 / Niko Lipsanen; title: St. Petersburg and green space, 1850-2000 : an introduction / Boris Anan'ich and Alexander Kobak; title: St. Petersburg parks and gardens, 1850-1917 / Konstantin Semenov; title: Red parks : green space in Leningrad, 1917-1990 / Alexei Kitaev.