Ako za sad privremeno ostavimo po strani koridore, detalje uređenja same obale i razdaljinu zgrada od reke, evo par primera za nešto drugo. Par ilustracija opšteg urbanističkog trenda koji se ogleda u abnormalnim količinama para koje veliki gradovi danas smatraju da se isplati utrošiti na revitalizaciju zelenila, obala reka i samih reka. Inače, standardni, ravan betonski kej i široko šetelište pored obale (što je za nas još uvek pojam i nešto za šta se čak i ovde treba boriti), su stvar davne prošlosti. Danas se razgovara samo o restauraciji čitavih eko područija, plavnih zona i čitavih prirodnih sredina u okviru grada. Ne smatram da mi ovo treba da bukvalno ponavljamo, nego ih navodim kao primer onoga što se DANAS smatra poželjnim, u meri u kojoj se to može postići sa raspoloživim investicijama. A u Beogradu možemo bar da ne dižemo zgrade na par metara od potpuno slobodne reke i da za to utrošimo nula dinara. Evo nekoliko ilustracija opšteg trenda u pogledu tretmana rečnih obala u urbanom područiju koje je lako naći i sasvim površnim pregledom trenutnog stanja. Razlika je samo u potencijalima nasleđenog stanja i količini para koje predlagač ima, a ne u pravcu i principima onoga što se predlaže.
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Hjuston - 400 kilometara neprekidne zelene trake koja će se pružati duž obala svih vodenih tokova u čitavoj oblasti, plus 50 novih parkova. 495 miliona dolara.
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Bayou Greenway master plan announced
250 miles of linear parks
Jon Boyd, Jul 21, 2010.
The Greater Houston Partnership and the Quality of Life Coalition endorsed “The Bayou Greenway,” a plan to develop a 250-mile system of “new or upgraded hike-and-bike trails, not to mention canoe trails and more than 50 new parks that would do double duty as flood-retention basins or wetlands that improve the quality of the city’s groundwater” along ten bayous in Harris County, as reported by Lisa Gray of the Houston Chronicle:
How much would it all cost? Roksan Okan-Vick, executive director of the Houston Parks Board, offers a rough estimate in “big round numbers:” $255 million to acquire land for the trails, build them and landscape them with native trees and plants, plus $240 million to add the 50 parks.
http://www.houstontomorrow.org/livabili ... ster-plan/
June 26, 2013 -- Mayor Annise Parker, the Houston Parks Board and the Houston Parks and Recreation Department (HPARD) announced the start of the $205 million Bayou Greenways 2020 initiative designed to create a 150-mile greenway system within the city limits. The project is a result of the 2012 proposition B bond election passed this past November with overwhelming voter support (68% voting margin).
"Thank you Houston! Because of your support the Bayou Greenways 2020 project will create a 150-mile system of parks and trails within the city limits on the banks of our bayous," said Mayor Annise Parker.
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Los Andjeles -
Jedna milijarda dolara na proširenje reke, kreiranje močvarne zone i biciklističkih staza
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-la ... story.html
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Army Corps to recommend $1-billion L.A. River project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has decided to recommend approval of an ambitious, $1-billion proposal to restore habitat, widen the river, create wetlands and provide access points and bike trails along an 11-mile stretch north of downtown through Elysian Park.
The city sees those 11 miles as the starting point for a project that will eventually revitalize all 51 miles of the river, from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach
City officials estimate that revamping the entire river could create recreational opportunities — kayaking, fishing, bicycling — and attract more than $5 billion in investment over the next 10 to 15 years, generating up to 18,000 jobs. Communities along the river south of Los Angeles to Long Beach have already begun putting in riverside parks and wetlands.
Advocacy groups and elected officials led by Garcetti stepped up their campaign for the broader proposal, also known as Alternative 20. It would restore 719 acres, tear out three miles of concrete and widen the river to provide terracing along its eastern banks.
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Dalas
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This city of Dallas plan for the Trinity River Corridor includes ecosystem restoration and recreation actions that are evaluated in the Final EIS. These include creating meanders within the Trinity River, restoring, protecting and expanding the riparian corridor, improving aquatic habitat, creating riffle-pool complexes, and constructing wetlands. Recreation measures that will be evaluated include the West, Natural and Urban lakes, terraced playing fields, multipurpose trails, whitewater facilities, pedestrian bridges, utilities, parking facilities, amphitheaters, promenade, concession pads, boat/canoe access points and passive recreation features, such as interpretive guidance, media and picnic areas
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Madrid Rio
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In the 1970’s Madrid was cut off from the Manzanares river by construction of the M30 ring motorway. Madrid’s “waterfront” flowed through the middle of the city, not at the edge and so Madrid lost not only its river… it was cut in two. Neighborhoods once just over the river were instantly relegated to the periphery — to “the other side of the tracks,” as is said in the U.S.
The M30 motorway now rests out of view and underground. The Madrid Rio project, a six-kilometer linear park spanning the sunken motorway is the finalization of a plan created a decade ago to reconnect the city center and adjacent neighborhoods to the river.