Lasting Value
Lasting Value

Author: Rick Pruetz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-20

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1351177427

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Americans are committing 'country-cide', says Rick Pruetz, FAICP, converting farms into suburban yards and channeling streams that once provided flood control, water purification, habitats, and recreational opportunities. But rather than rail against overdevelopment, this book celebrates communities succeeding in preservation. For ten years Pruetz explored communities that excel in saving their natural environment. In twenty-four illustrated vignettes, he captures the character of places from the volcanic range near downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Minneapolis’s Grand Rounds park system, to farmland improbably preserved on Long Island. As the longtime city planner of Burbank, California, Pruetz offers more than an appreciation of these communities. He brings a planner’s-eye view of the practices behind their achievements. His detailed reports of creative preservation solutions mark the trail for planners, commissioners, and citizens who seek to preserve the green legacy in their own backyards.

Chester County Pennsylvania Fishing & Floating Guide Book
Chester County Pennsylvania Fishing & Floating Guide Book

Author: Jim Maccracken

Publisher: Recreational Guides

Published: 2017-07-01

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13:

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Chester County Pennsylvania Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 775 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. Contains complete information on Beaver Creek Beaver Run Big Elk Creeks Birch Run Black Horse Creek Black Rock Sanctuary Buck Run Chambers Lake Crabby Creek Crum the Creeks Darby Creeks East Branch Octoraro Creek Exton Park Lake French Creek Indian Runs Indian Spring Runs Karden Park Lake Little Elk Creek Little Valley Creek Marsh Creek Lake Nottingham County Park Lake Octoraro Lake Pickering Creek Pigeon Run Pine Creek Pocopson Creek Ridley Creek Schuylkill River Shuster Creeks Springton Farm Park Pond Struble Lake Trout Creek Valley Creek White Clay Creeks Wilson Farm Park Pond (*) are floatable or canoeable rivers or streams)

The Last Landscape
The Last Landscape

Author: William H. Whyte

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0812208501

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The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our metropolitan areas is within those areas, not outside them. The age of unchecked expansion without consequence is over, but where there is waste and neglect there is opportunity. Our cities and suburbs are not jammed; they just look that way. There are in fact plenty of ways to use this existing space to the benefit of the community, and The Last Landscape provides a practical and timeless framework for making informed decisions about its use. Called "the best study available on the problems of open space" by the New York Times when it first appeared in 1968, The Last Landscape introduced many cornerstone ideas for land conservation, urging all of us to make better use of the land that has survived amid suburban sprawl. Whyte's pioneering work on easements led to the passage of major open space statutes in many states, and his argument for using and linking green spaces, however small the areas may be, is a recommendation that has more currency today than ever before.