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No Parking But Parks: Sustainable Urban Planning Of Open Space In New York City, Jenny Kun
No Parking But Parks: Sustainable Urban Planning Of Open Space In New York City, Jenny Kun
2014 Student Theses
Parks are keys to create a sustainable urban living environment. They are particularly important today as they ameliorate of one of the most urgent problem—global climate change. Parks has been New Yorkers’ most cherished public infrastructure. This thesis takes a close look on New York City and examines how open space planning affect the development of a metropolis. To investigate the topic, I applied three disciplines in environmental policy: environmental planning and design, history, and politics. These disciplines are intertwined. This thesis first digs in to the history of how the city’s iconic Central Park is created and evaluates how …