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Beyond Greenways : The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes / Robert Searns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Searns, Robert M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--United States.
- City planning.
- Greenways--United States.
- Greenways.
- Open spaces--United States.
- Open spaces.
- Trails--Design and construction.
- Trails.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- In Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes, greenways expert Robert Searns makes a case for walking infrastructure that serves a more diverse array of people. He builds on the legacy of boulevards, parkways, and greenways to introduce a next generation of more accessible pathways, wide enough for two people to stroll together, that stitch together urban and suburban areas. With more trails built near neighborhoods that haven't had access to them, more people can get around on foot, in town or further out. Searns lays out practical advice on how to plan and design them, garner community support, and get them built. Drawing inspiration from the US and abroad, he introduces two models—grand loop trails and town walks.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Subscribe to Island Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes
- Chapter 2. Grand Loop Trails: Configurations and Themes
- Chapter 3. Town Walks: Configurations and Themes
- Chapter 4. Guiding Principles and Attributes
- Chapter 5. Laying Out a Route
- Chapter 6. Making a Plan
- Chapter 7. Building Support, Engaging the Public, and Motivating Trail Users
- Chapter 8. Plans, Visions, and Thought Experiments
- Notes
- Helpful Resources
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781642832648
- 1642832642
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