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Designing For Urban Green Space
Elizabeth Goodman
University of California, Berkeley
School of Information
Urban green space is not “natural”
San Francisco Historical Photo Collection - San Francisco Public Library
Design is a form of politics
Library of Congress
What we want for green space can tell us a lot about what we want and fear for our cities.
What public visits the park? Whose community is in the garden?
The benefits of city green space
Public health
Opportunity for exercise
Asthma mitigation
Psychological well-being
Environmental remediation
Storm runoff reduction
Pollution absorption
Wildlife protection
Noise buffering
Neighborhood stability
Building social cohesion to address local concerns
Early education, adult job training
Ordinary small places
Accessed mostly by “the locals”
Defining urban green space
Neighborhood spaces
Privately owned street places
The public can see (and often touch), but doesn’t own them
Defining urban green space
Privately owned private places
Things and places that cannot be seen without invitation
Defining urban green space
Soil sensor accesses expertise in database
Assisting reasoning about environmental conditions
Easy Bloom
fallenfruit.org
“Every day there is food somewhere going to waste. We encourage you to find it, tend and harvest it. If you own property, plant food on your perimeter.”
Fallenfruit.org
In conclusion:Back to the future?
Railroad worker cultivating the small victory garden in the Proviso yard, Chicago
Jack Delano, 1943.
flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2179195976