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Large parks are complex systems, and as such, parks with an area in excess of 500 Acres within contemporary metropolitan regions warrant special consideration and study. In particular, large parks pose specific challenges for long-term sustainability in terms of design, planning, management and maintenance, principally due to their actual and potential biodiversity coupled with the complexity inherent in their ecology and program. Indeed, “largeness” is a singularly important criterion that demands a different approach to design, planning, management and maintenance-oe that explicitly provides the capacity for resilience in the face of long-term adaptation to change, and thus for ecological, cultural and economic viability.

Keywords

Ecopark; Sustainable landscape; Ecology

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