The new urban park
Subtitle: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and civic environmentalism
By: Hal K. Rothman.
Series: Development of western resources
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Urban ecology -- California -- San Francisco -- History; Environmentalism -- California -- San Francisco -- History; Urban parks -- United States -- Case studies; Urban ecology -- United States -- Case studies; Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.) -- History
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "In this book, one of our premier environmental historians looks at the new phenomenon of urban parks, focusing on San Francisco's Golden Gate National Recreation Area as a prototype for the twenty-first century. Cobbled together from public and private lands in a politically charged arena, the GGNRA represents a new direction for parks as it highlights the long-standing tension within the National Park Service between preservation and recreation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.