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Parks Design
Roberts, R. (2010). DESIGN FOR THE Bottom Line. Parks & Recreation, 45(3), 48.
The author of this report has been asked to find a recent parks design article from an approved list of scholarly publications. This report will start with a summary of the article found and reviewed for this assignment. The second section will answer a series of brief questions that pertain to the article including who the article was designed for and how well the article is structured.
The main point of the article reviewed was that parks should be designed and constructed with the bottom line in mind. The article speaks of an example where a park was planned a year and a half in advanced which included tours of pre-existing facilities around the state. The economy started to go south when the final approvals were finally logged and this led to a huge...
The article drives home the points that economic downturns are actually a good opportunity, going green can help the environment and the bottom line if done correctly and the best public interest and the cheapest option do not always coincide (Roberts, 2010).
Questions about Article
The article's target audience is clearly more casual readers rather than scholars. The article focuses on keeping things simple and covering a number of important points rather than delving too deep into any one topic and/or using terminology/jargon that would be over the head of a casual users. Truth be told, it would be best for public officials that are involved in the approval and planning of park facilities and need some perspective as to how to properly think and plan the process. The tidbits…
Just as an example, the article talks about how buying "green" materials such as energy-efficient products (e.g. light bulbs, etc.) can pay for themselves in fairly short order. Some may think the costs would never be recoverable but this article argues to the contrary in a clear-cut fashion without getting preachy or blowing smoke. It is a very effective article in this regard (Roberts, 2010).
Conclusion
The article reviewed in this paper is related to the planning process of designing, budgeting and planning park construction projects. Again, it did not get too technical but still would be useful to anyone and everyone that wants a good high-level overview of how to start the process correctly. It serves as a starting point to nail down before getting into the minutia of a project (Roberts, 2010).
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