Traditionally
parks are areas of open spaces provided for recreation use. In its natural or
semi-natural state, or planted; it’s set aside for human enjoyment or the protection
of wildlife or natural habitats of the area. Taken to its
logical extreme of “City Park,” could the Ecological Park model ultimately mean
the end of the discrete urban park we have known these last 150 years?
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| Central Park, New York |
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| Parade Garden, England |
A concern
with the relationship between organisms and their environment and the
detrimental effects of modern civilization has given a rise to two types of
ecological parks: the Ecological Park and the Ecological Industrial Park.
The ecological
park strives to realize on older vision of the city as a garden blurring the
distinction between the two. Eco parks are built of recycled or less energy
intensive materials, and make use of solar heating, natural cooling and
ventilation.
“Eco parks
can be anywhere – of any shape and size”
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| Four Mile Cove Ecological Park, Cape Coral, FL |
Ecological Industrial Park (EIP) is an industrial
park in which businesses cooperate with each other and with the local community
in an attempt to reduce waste and pollution, efficiently share resources and
help achieve sustainable development to increase economic gains and improve
environmental quality.
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| Kalundborg Eco-Industrial Park Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eco-industral_park |
