How to manage with the common touch: Owners of informal green spaces face increasing challenges to meet users' needs

摘要

Vaintenance budget cuts, vandalism, piecemeal design decisions -these are only a few of the issues all too familiar to parks managers in their green spaces. But not only traditional parks are subject to these challenges. For while wilder, more natural-looking commons and heaths may seem to require more of a hands-off approach, the reality is somewhat different.