Abstract

This paper proposes to analyze the effectiveness of the Plan for the medium-sized city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA through its planning and design of a system of Parks and Green Corridors as an example to be followed by contemporary cities, in relation to the planning and connectivity of its open space system, represented by parks, recreational areas and green corridors. In this sense, the quality of urban life of its inhabitants, free spaces, and perpetuity of the natural resources of the city of Raleigh is directly related to the opportunity of the realization of the first American plan of the network of green corridors to a capital, "A Park with a City within ", as a way to contain urban growth, minimize anthropic impacts and promote the increase of leisure and recreation areas in all areas of the city, as well as their connectivity and functionality. The effectiveness of the constitution of this integrated system, consisting of the network of green corridors, is based on the implementation and constitution of the whole plan, over a period of several years, through the outline of its characteristics, objectives, and functions. Discussions, premises, and strategies for planning, project renovation of existing structures of the park system and green corridors.

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