Neighbourhood open space in suburban liveability

[Review of the book Community Green: Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition, by David Nichols and Robert Freestone]

Authors

  • Ken Taylor Centre of Heritage and Museum Studies, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34900/lr.v20i2.1253

Keywords:

book review, community green, neighbourhood open space, suburban liveability

Abstract

This encyclopaedic work by Nichols and Freestone is the result of extensive thinking, international review and research over several years. As the succinct preface page indicates, neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. In this context, the book connects the past, present and future of planning specifically for small internal open spaces. It resuscitates the enclosed, almost secretive reserve from history as a distinctive form of local open space whose problems and potentialities are relevant to many other green community spaces. This then opens up wider connections between localism and globalism, the past and the future, and connects to broader global challenges of cohesion, health, food and climate change.

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Published

26-11-2024

How to Cite

Taylor, K. (2024). Neighbourhood open space in suburban liveability : [Review of the book Community Green: Rediscovering the Enclosed Spaces of the Garden Suburb Tradition, by David Nichols and Robert Freestone] . Landscape Review, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.34900/lr.v20i2.1253

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2024): Landscape Performance: An Emerging Field

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Reviews

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Copyright (c) 2024 Ken Taylor

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