SONORAN DESERT PRESERVATION: AN OPEN SPACE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA

This paper provides a short history of preservation, design and planning utilized in the development of a master plan to protect and preserve the Sonoran Desert, in and around Phoenix, Arizona. It also recommends a wider and more collaborative method for urban open space design near and in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Planning Association

  122 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1500
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603-6107
• Authors:
  • Burke, J P
  • Ewan, J M
• Conference:
  • Approaching the Millennium: 1999 American Planning Association Conference
  • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Date: 1999-4-24 to 1999-4-28
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Deserts; Environmental protection; Land use planning; Open space control; Preservation; Urban areas; Urban design
• Identifier Terms: Sonoran Desert
• Geographic Terms: Phoenix (Arizona)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975050
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 2004 12:00AM