Peter Clark - Green Landscapes in the European City, 1750–2010

Green space is a fundamental concept for understanding modern and contemporary urban society, shedding light not only on the ecological development of cities but also societal relations, urban governance and planning processes. Closely linked to issues of environmental change, changing perceptions of nature, urban well-being and social integration, as well as city economic competitiveness and branding, it is an important element both in the internationalisation of European cities, and the forging of their distinctive communal identities.

Building upon recent research on the history of green landscapes in the city in Europe and North America, this volume mirrors the burgeoning global attention to urban green space developments from city policy-makers and planners, architects, climatologists, ecologists, geographers and other social scientists. Taking case studies from Paris, London, Berlin, Helsinki and other leading centres, the volume examines when, why and how green landscapes evolved in major cities and the extent to which they have been shaped by shared external forces as well as by distinctive and specific local needs. Quantifying green space trends in this way raises important issues of classification and categorisation of the different varieties of urban green space. While urban parks have received considerable coverage, many other smaller, less prestigious, spaces have been largely ignored. This volume argues that green landscapes can only be properly understood when the full range of spaces from parks to recreation grounds, housing areas, allotments and domestic gardens is taken into account. Adopting a broader approach to urban green space helps put European developments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a global perspective.

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Edited by Peter Clark, Marjaana Niemi and Catharina Nolin

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and Catharina Nolin

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Names: Clark, Peter, 1944 , editor. | Niemi, Marjaana, editor. |
Nolin, Catharina, editor.
Title: Green landscapes in the European city, 17502010 / edited by
Peter Clark, Marjaana Niemi, and Catharina Nolin.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge
studies in modern European history
Identifiers: LCCN 2016029986 | ISBN 9781472464392 (hardback :
alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315302836 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Urban landscape architectureEurope. | Ecological
landscape designEurope. | Urban parksEurope. | Open
spacesEurope.
Classification: LCC SB470.55.E85 G74 2017 | DDC 712.094dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016029986

ISBN: 978-1-4724-6439-2 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-30283-6 (ebk)

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PETER CLARK

JEAN LUC PINOL

MATTI O. HANNIKAINEN

SUVI TALJA

ANNA OJALA, JARI NIEMEL AND VESA YLI-PELKONEN

JENNIFER MACK AND JUSTIN SCHERMA PARSCHER

VALENTINA GULIN ZRNI

BART TRITSMANS

DOROTHEE BRANTZ

NIKO LIPSANEN

CATHARINA NOLIN

PETER CLARK

MARJAANA NIEMI