论美国园林特点

Discussion on the Characteristics of the Landscape Architecture in the United States

文章论述了美国国家公园和城市森林的概况,介绍了国家公园系统的类别。并以纽约中央公园为例介绍了美国大型城市公园规划设计的6项原则,最后分析了20余年来新倡导的“城市森林”学派对美国园林产生的影响。

Landscape architecture construction has achieved a great deal in the United States. Its principal achievements as follows. 1. All the National Parks and National Forests cover 36.37% of the total area in the U.S. 2. Urban Parks have been set up in more than one hundred cities. 3. The Urban Forest covers an area of 28000000 ha.