Assessment of Urban Green Space Qualities Using 3D Visualization Tools
Urban “green space” provides an essential contribution to the quality of life of urban citizens. In many European towns and cities, attractive urban parks and squares, woodlands, green corridors, nature reserves and recreational areas can be found. Often,
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Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr Marco Keiner Gustav Nussbaumer (Eds.)
The Real and Virtual Worlds of Spatial Planning
With 92 Figures and 20 Tables
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EDITORS:
Dr. Martina Koll-Schretzenmayr ETH Ziirich Netzwerk Stadt und Landschaft ETH Honggerberg 8093 Ziirich, Switzerland E-mail: [email protected]
Gustav Nussbaumer ETH Ziirich Institut fiir Raumund Landschaftsentwicklung ETH Honggerberg 8093 Ziirich, Switzerland E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Marco Keiner ETH Ziirich Institut fiir Raumund Landschaftsentwicklung ETH Honggerberg 8093 Ziirich, Switzerland E-mail: [email protected] ISBN 978-3-642-07394-6 ISBN 978-3-662-10398-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-10398-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Applied For A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibiothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in die Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at http://dnb.ddb.de. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, re print ing, reuse of illustrations, recitations, broadcasting, reproduction on microftlm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts tbereof is permitted only under tbe provisions of tbe German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law.
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This book is a special birthday present for Willy A. Schmid
who has dedicated his life and his career to the science and practice of landscape and spatial planning and who continues to share his thoughts, experiences, and knowledge with us through his teaching
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Preface
Experiencing the world of daily life means to observe and perceive the natural, the man-made, the socio-spatial, and the politico-economic elements of the environment we live in. But, have you ever tried to explain the phenomena of daily life such as a traffic jam or mass transit to a child? It will take you quite a while to find suitable images to make invisible forces perceivable and concepts like timetables, bus routes, or capacity constraints comprehensible. This exercise
