City parks in Europe

• Authors: Iwona Szumacher

Abstracts

EN

The goal of this paper is to present European parks form the point of view of their natural environment and ecological functions which they fulfill in the city. Parks situated in valley landscapes have been used as the object of study, sińce these types of parks predominate in Europę. These are: Hyde Park in London, Clara Zetkin Park in Leipzig, Tiergarten in Berlin and Łazienki in Warsaw.

Keywords

EN

city park; ecological functions; Łazienki Park; Hyde Park; Clara Zetkin Park; Tiergarten; valley

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 131-140

Dates

published

2006

Contributors

author

Iwona Szumacher

• Department of Geoecology

translator

Małgorzata Mikulska

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Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2032462