Parks & Vegetation - SA

Urban Vegetation

Articles of interest

on San Antonio Parks

Parks & Recreation: https://www.sanantonio.gov/ParksAndRec/Home

Sustainability: https://www.sanantonio.gov/sustainability

on Urban Vegetation

Why Cities Should Plant More Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKyvGHycngM

Lubbock Parks http://www.lubbockfunclub.com/Neighborhood/N_parks.htm
Growing Food in Cotton Country: http://www.projectfeed1010.com/blog/2017/01/12/growing-food-in-cotton-country/

Urban Forestry & Vegetation: https://sustainablecitycode.org/chapter/chapter-1/1-7/

Limit HOA Restrictions on Rain Barrels and Rain Harvesting Systems: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/limit-hoa-restrictions-on-rain-barrels-and-rain-harvesting-systems-5/

Limit HOA Restrictions on Solar: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/solar-restrictions-in-hoas-and-or-ccrs-3/

Use of Native Plants/Vegetation: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/require-use-of-native-plants-vegetation-7/

Vegetation Protection Areas: http://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/vegetation-protection-areas/

Pervious Cover Minimums & Incentives: https://sustainablecitycode.org/brief/pervious-cover-minimums-and-incentives-5/

Community Gardens https://www.healthyyards.org/community-gardens/

Pollinator Pathways https://www.healthyyards.org/activities/pollinator-pathways/

Why Leaf-Blowing is bad for the environment and tax-payers (switch to mulching) http://www.leaveleavesalone.org/home/questions-and-answers/

Urban Sustainability Agri-Market Hall: https://www.slideshare.net/zhaoweiKim/agrimarket-hall-in-melaka

… on Park Design

Park Design Example with Recreation Center: https://issuu.com/sarahdipietro/docs/8th___diamond_drawings

… in your Backyard

Healthy Yards as the Solution to Climate Change https://www.healthyyards.org/

Lawn Reduction & Alternatives: https://www.healthyyards.org/home/why-we-need-to-reduce-our-lawns/

Ten Healthy Steps https://www.healthyyards.org/home/ten-healthy-steps/

GOAL: Spaces of Nature in Every Neighborhood

“Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our understanding and appreciation of nature, in all its teeming, unpredictable complexity.” 

-Jane Jacobs, The Greening of the City

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