Open Space Technology

Open Space Technology
Title Open Space Technology PDF eBook
Author Harrison Owen
Publisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages 217
Release 2008-04-28
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1576757757

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A revised and updated edition of an acknowledged classic of the Organizational Development literature. Over 30,000 of first and second editions sold.

The Solace of Open Spaces

The Solace of Open Spaces
Title The Solace of Open Spaces PDF eBook
Author Gretel Ehrlich
Publisher Open Road Media
Pages 96
Release 2017-02-21
Genre Nature
ISBN 1504042883

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These transcendent, lyrical essays on the West announced Gretel Ehrlich as a major American writer—“Wyoming has found its Whitman” (Annie Dillard). Poet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of documentaries when her partner died. Ehrlich stayed on and found she couldn’t leave. The Solace of Open Spaces is a chronicle of her first years on “the planet of Wyoming,” a personal journey into a place, a feeling, and a way of life. Ehrlich captures both the otherworldly beauty and cruelty of the natural forces—the harsh wind, bitter cold, and swiftly changing seasons—in the remote reaches of the American West. She brings depth, tenderness, and humor to her portraits of the peculiar souls who also call it home: hermits and ranchers, rodeo cowboys and schoolteachers, dreamers and realists. Together, these essays form an evocative and vibrant tribute to the life Ehrlich chose and the geography she loves. Originally written as journal entries addressed to a friend, The Solace of Open Spaces is raw, meditative, electrifying, and uncommonly wise. In prose “as expansive as a Wyoming vista, as charged as a bolt of prairie lightning,” Ehrlich explores the magical interplay between our interior lives and the world around us (Newsday).

Open Space: People Space

Open Space: People Space
Title Open Space: People Space PDF eBook
Author Catharine Ward Thompson
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 345
Release 2007-09-07
Genre Architecture
ISBN 1134120087

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Responds to current need for guidance on inclusive design in outdoor environments Deals with all situations, urban and rural Highly visual presentation Includes contributions from leading names in landscape, architecture and design

The Open Space of Democracy

The Open Space of Democracy
Title The Open Space of Democracy PDF eBook
Author Terry Tempest Williams
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 138
Release 2010-01-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 160899208X

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Terry Tempest Williams presents a sharp-edged perspective on the ethics and politics of place, spiritual democracy, and the responsibilities of citizen engagement. By turns elegiac, inspiring, and passionate, The Open Space of Democracy offers a fresh perspective on the critical questions of our time.

Conservation Design for Subdivisions

Conservation Design for Subdivisions
Title Conservation Design for Subdivisions PDF eBook
Author Randall G. Arendt
Publisher Island Press
Pages 209
Release 2012-09-26
Genre Architecture
ISBN 159726850X

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In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements." Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserving natural areas are available. In Conservation Design for Subdivisions, Randall G. Arendt explores better ways of designing new residential developments than we have typically seen in our communities. He presents a practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners that explains how to implement new ideas about land-use planning and environmental protection. Abundantly illustrated with site plans (many of them in color), floor plans, photographs, and renditions of houses and landscapes, it describes a series of simple and straightforward techniques that allows for land-conserving development. The author proposes a step-by-step approach to conserving natural areas by rearranging density on each development parcel as it is being planned so that only half (or less) of the buildable land is turned into houselots and streets. Homes are built in a less land-consumptive manner that allows the balance of property to be permanently protected and added to an interconnected network of green spaces and green corridors. Included in the volume are model zoning and subdivision ordinance provisions that can help citizens and local officials implement these innovative design ideas.

Urban Parks and Open Space

Urban Parks and Open Space
Title Urban Parks and Open Space PDF eBook
Author Alexander Garvin
Publisher Urban Land Institute
Pages 236
Release 1997
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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Describes how 15 derelict areas of the United States were developed into thriving new parks and offers advice to public agencies and private developers on how to go about revitalizing urban areas. The text includes information on financing techniques, design, management and programmming.

Open Spaces Sacred Places

Open Spaces Sacred Places
Title Open Spaces Sacred Places PDF eBook
Author Tom H. Stoner
Publisher Tkf Foundation
Pages 191
Release 2008
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780981565606

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Sacred Places.