Urban Ecology Links :: Website Typologies :: Project Specific Websites

 

Please note: The site's name, project/organization location, and my comments about each website are located in the left-hand column. Clicking on each corresponding screenshot in the right-hand column will take you to the actual website in a new browser window so you can investigate the site, project or organization yourself.

 

LANDSCHAFTSPARK DUISBURG-NORD (Duisburg am Rhein, Germany) One of the more reknowned brownfield reclamation projects, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord has a stellar website. The site is very well designed (it's in German and in English) and covers everything from the political history of the site's former industrial use to current events in the park. In their words, "here you will find everything you need to know about the park's past history, how it was created, current projects and the opportunities it offers you."
GAS WORKS PARK (Seattle, WA) The information on Seattle Parks and Recreation's website about Gas Works Park, one of the earliest projects in the U.S. in which an industrially contaminated site was converted to a public park, is surprisingly minimal. While it's not as large a park as Duisburg-Nord, users of the park, Seattle residents, and other cities with similar projects would benefit from an increased awareness about the site's environmental history and the process by which Seattle developed the park.
CASEY TREES ENDOWMENT FUND (Washington, DC) It's clear that this urban forestry project is well-funded, but with that money Casey Trees has gone above and beyond in their efforts to educate the public about the environmental, economic and psychological benefits of street trees. This site includes excellent mapping technology and thorough historical information with respect to Washington DC's trees, but again their emphasis on "The Case for Trees" in invaluable to anyone, anywhere working on an urban forestry project.
FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST (San Francisco, CA) Friends of the Urban Forest is San Francisco's solution to a street tree commission. The website is very easy to navigate and quite informative with respect to selecting and caring for a street tree, and its mission and scope are tied directly to the process by which residents purchase street trees in that particular city. It's a thorough site but seems to place emphasis on trees themselves rather than their effect on the city.		(Return to Top) (Return to Website Typologies Outline)