Cynthia Girling

Cynthia Girling

Cynthia Girling is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon and the author of numerous publications and books including Yard, Street, Park (Wiley, 1996). Before joining the faculty of U. of Oregon, she was a practicing landscape architect in Canada and Oregon. Girling is the co-author of Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods: Design for Environment and Community.

Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods

Design for Environment and Community

Cities are growing at unprecedented rates. Most continue to sprawl into the countryside. Some are only now adopting policies that attempt to control air pollution from vehicles, reduce water pollution from urban runoff, and repair fragmented urban ecosystems.