SMART PARKS: Barton Creek Wilderness & Al Azhar
SMART PARKS: Barton Creek Wilderness & Al Azhar
SMART PARKS: Barton Creek Wilderness & Al Azhar
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Saher Hasnain<br />
ENVS 664-660
• Escape from cities<br />
• Buffer Zones<br />
• Family time<br />
• Proximity to nature<br />
• Relaxation
Lower Twin Falls (Rice, 2010)
• Central feature: <strong>Barton</strong> pool<br />
• Primary motivation: protection of water<br />
• Rapid development<br />
• Deteriorating water quality<br />
• Citizens for <strong>Barton</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> Park (CBCP)<br />
• Save our Springs (SOS)<br />
• Result: 2,000 acres protected<br />
• Features: swimming, hiking, etc.
<strong>Al</strong> <strong>Azhar</strong> Park Post-construction (Salama, 2008)
• His Highness, the Aga Khan, 1984<br />
• 74-acre, Darassa Hill site<br />
• Debris dumping site for 500 years<br />
• Promotion of Darb <strong>Al</strong>-Ahmar<br />
• Introduction of plant species<br />
• Adult literacy programs<br />
• Local employment and training
• 1.5 km long Ayyubid Wall<br />
• Proximity to Citadel<br />
• Darb al Ahmar<br />
• City of the Dead<br />
• <strong>Al</strong> <strong>Azhar</strong> Mosque<br />
• Symmetric, geometric layout<br />
• Stream system containing filtered Nile water<br />
• Artificial lake (6,000 sq meters) and cascades
View from lakeside of Citadel and Mohammad <strong>Al</strong>i Mosque<br />
(Salama, 2008)
Walk-able pattern with interconnected paths (Salama, 2008)
Train to ensure car-free environment (Salama, 2008)
Gary Otte, AKTC, Geneva (Salama, 2208)
(Salama, 2008)
Park Overview (partnershipinaction, 2008)
Local Women in Health<br />
care lecture (AKTC, 2005)<br />
Program for Women in<br />
Darb al Ahmar<br />
Community<br />
Development Office<br />
(AKTC, 2005)<br />
Participatory discussion<br />
with residents of areas<br />
to be improved (AKTC,<br />
2005)
BARTON CREEK<br />
• 2,000 acres<br />
• Watershed protection<br />
• Dense wilderness<br />
• Natural mature tree<br />
growth<br />
• Community services such<br />
as hiking trails, golf courses<br />
• Protection of<br />
archaeological site<br />
AL-AZHAR<br />
• 74 acres<br />
• Protection of aesthetics<br />
• Open, geometric patterns<br />
• Artificially planted nonnative<br />
species<br />
• Long term community<br />
development activities<br />
including microfinance<br />
• Massive restoration<br />
activity for archaeology
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