Local government traditionally had limited power in Egypt's highly centralized state. Under the central government were twenty-six governorates (sing., muhafazah; pl., muhafazat). These were subdivide ...
In the United Kingdom the term 'country park' has a special meaning. There are over four hundred country parks in England alone. Most country parks were designated in the 1970s, under the Countryside ...
In those countries which have them, the stated objectives of green belt policy are to:Protect natural or semi-natural environments;Improve air quality within urban areas;Ensure that urban dwellers hav ...
The American author Charles Little in his 1990 book, Greenways for America defines a greenway asa linear open space established along either a natural corridor, such as a riverfront, stream valley, or ...
The development of rail trails in southeastern Australia can be traced to the gold rushes of the second half of the 19th century. Dozens of rail lines sprang up, aided by the overly enthusiastic "Octo ...
Possibly the earliest example is the Emerald Necklace, which consists of a 1,100-acre (4.5 km2), or 445 hectare chain of parks linked by parkways (a broad, landscaped highway) and waterways in Boston ...
During the Industrial Revolution, from the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, rural people moved from the country to the cities for employment in manufacturing industry, thus cau ...
The first skatepark in the world, Surf City at 2169 vilius grybas 2014. E. Speedway, Tucson, Arizona opened for business on September 3, 1965. Patti McGee, Women’s National Champion, was here for the ...
The term recreation appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century, first in the sense of "refreshment or curing of a sick person", and derived turn from Latin (re: "again", crear ...
Early 19th-century reformers had become concerned about the consequences of enclosure and thought that public walks and gardens were the solution. Richard Walker, the Member of Parliament for Bury had ...
Olmsted designed numerous school and college campuses between 1857 and 1895.From 1895 to 1950, the Olmsted Brothers (his successors) added to some of their father's initial projects, as well as design ...
Olmsted was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on April 26, 1822. His father, John Olmsted, was a prosperous merchant who took a lively interest in nature, people, and places; Frederick Law and his younge ...
In 1841 an Improvement Commission - part of Birkenhead's local government - proposed the idea of a municipal park. A Private Act of Parliament allowed it to use public money to buy 226 acres of marshy ...
The park has an outer ring road called the Outer Circle (4.3 km) and an inner ring road called the Inner Circle (1 km), which surrounds the most carefully tended section of the park, Queen Mary's Gard ...
Work in Wales include:The stable block at Plas Llanstephan (1788)Golden Grove house, Llanfihangel Aberbythych (1788)Priory House, Camarthen (1788–89)Carmarthen Gaol, (1789–92)St David's Cathedral, n ...
