A park is a bounded area of land,usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose,usually to do with recreation.
History
The first parks were deer parks,land set aside for hunting by the aristocracy in medieval times.They would have walls or thick hedges around them to keep game in and other people out.
These game preserves evolved into the landscaped parks set around aristocratic houses from the sixteenth century onwards.These may have served as hunting grounds but they also proclaimed the owner's wealth and status.An aesthetic of landscape design began in these parks where the natural landscape was enhanced by landscape architects such as Capability Brown.As cities became crowded,the private hunting grounds became places for the public.
With the Industrial revolution parks took on a new meaning as areas set aside to preserve a sense of nature in the large industrial cities.Sporting activity came to be a major use for these urban parks.Areas of outstanding natural beauty were also set aside as national parks to prevent their being spoilt by uncontrolled development.
In the twentieth century a number of meanings arose which associated the "designed" landscape of a park with other uses such as business parks,theme parks and parkways. A park is a bounded area of land,usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped) state and set aside for some purpose,usually to do with recreation.
History
The first parks were deer parks,land set aside for hunting by the aristocracy in medieval times.They would have walls or thick hedges around them to keep game in and other people out.
These game preserves evolved into the landscaped parks set around aristocratic houses from the sixteenth century onwards.These may have served as hunting grounds but they also proclaimed the owner's wealth and status.An aesthetic of landscape design began in these parks where the natural landscape was enhanced by landscape architects such as Capability Brown.As cities became crowded,the private hunting grounds became places for the public.
With the Industrial revolution parks took on a new meaning as areas set aside to preserve a sense of nature in the large industrial cities.Sporting activity came to be a major use for these urban parks.Areas of outstanding natural beauty were also set aside as national parks to prevent their being spoilt by uncontrolled development.
In the twentieth century a number of meanings arose which associated the "designed" landscape of a park with other uses such as business parks,theme parks and parkways.