Warren, Roxanne.

The urban oasis : guideways and greenways in the human environment / Roxanne Warren - N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c1998 - xvi, 196 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Preface. - Acknowledgments. - 1. The Lost Symbiosis of Urban and Rural. - 2. An Apparent Conflict of Environmental Values. - 3. Formula for the Area of a Circle. - 4. Pedestrian Zones and Their Place in the Region. - 5. The Long Electrical Cord. - 6. The Urban Oasis: A Tower Extended. - 7. Capillaries and Connections. - 8. Less Is More. - 9. Equilibrium. Appendix Selective Service and Automated Guideway Systems. - Sources for the Illustrations. - Index. - Tables.

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City planning--United States.
Environmental policy--United States.
Greenways--United States.
Pedestrian areas--United States.
Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Urban transportation--United States.

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