Anatomy of a Park: The Essentials of Recreation Area Planning and Design

by Donald J. Molnar and Albert J. Rutledge

Book Overview

A quality publication at a reasonable price! This well-known text combines classic concerns such as land-use judgments and the need to upgrade visual appearance of the built landscape with currently... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881336998
• ISBN13: 9780881336993
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Waveland Press
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Esssential Reading for the Parks Professional and Commissioner

This is a carefully crafted update of a classic primer that is essential reading for anyone engaged in park design or administration. The book would be especially useful to the new park commissioner who is looking for ways to add value to his/her park system through good design. The text is highly readable and is augmented by charming illustrations that makes for enjoyable reading of sometimes otherwise dull technical material. Jerrold Soesbe, FASLA

Anatomy of a Park

This is a good book for city planners who don't know a lot about park planning, but need to in order to develop well-used parks. Easy reading.