Appendix 7: Bibliography
Appendix 7: Bibliography
Bibliography
montgomery county planning board , maryland national capital park and planning commission
Books
Duany, Andres; Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth; Speck, Jeff. Suburban Nation, The Rise of Sprawl and
the Decline of the American Dream, New York, New York: North Point Press, 2000.
Garvin, Alexander; Berens, Gayle; et al. Urban Parks and Open Space, Washington DC.: ULI - the
Urban Land Institute, 1997.
Jan Gehl Life Between Buildings, New York, NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1987
Thompson, William J. The Rebirth of New York City’s Bryant Park, Washington DC., Cambridge,
Mass. Spacemaker Press, 1997.
Reports
John L. Crompton, The Impact of Parks and Open Space on Property Values and the Property Tax
Base, Texas A&M University, 2004
John L. Crompton, The impact of parks on property values: empirical evidence from the past two
decades in the United States, Managing Leisure 10, 203-218 (October 2005)
Steve Lerner & William Poole, Open Space Investments Pay Big Returns, Land and People,
Spring, 1999
National Park Service, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance. Economic Impacts of
Protecting Rivers, Trails and Greenway Corridors, Washington, D.C. National Park Service, 1995,
4th ed. 7-3
The Perryman Group, Sunshine, Soccer and Success: An Assessment of the Impact of Municipal
Parks and Recreation Facilities and Programs on Busines Activity on Texas, Waco TX, 2006
Paul Sherer, The Benefits of Parks, Why America Needs More City Parks and Open Space, The
Trust for Public Land, 2006
Silver Spring &Takoma Park Planning Area, Framework for Action, Montgomery County
Department of Park and Planning, Silver Spring, MD, October 2001.
General Plan Refinement of the Goals and Objectives for Montgomery County, December,
Montgomery County Planning Department, Silver Spring, MD, 1993.
Park, Recreation, and Open Space (PROS) Master Plan, Montgomery County Department of
Park and Planning, Silver Spring, MD, 2005.
Countywide Park Trails Plan, Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Silver
Spring, MD, July 1998
Parks for Tomorrow, Montgomery County Department of Park and Planning, Silver Spring, MD,
1998.
Legacy Open Space (LOS) Functional Master Plan , Montgomery County Department of Park and
Planning, Silver Spring, MD, 2001.
Future Countywide Urban Park Plan (under development by the Department of Parks).
Websites
PPS: Project for Public Spaces, 700 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003,
http://www.pps.org/
A view on cities: site and attractions in some of the world’s greatest cities,
http://www.aviewoncities.com/