TEXT C Greenspace facilities are
contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment.
Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about
this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is
generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base
of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of
greenspaees in the urban environment is a first step on the fight way, this does
not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of
greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these
spaces. As to this rather complex subject i shall, within the scope of this
lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely tile recreative function of
greenspace facilities. The theoretical separation of living,
working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in
town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate
attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively
little attention for improvement of recretative possibilities in the direct
neighborhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right,
because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or
working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that
recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The
urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and
the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have
a recreative aspect. The very best standard of living is nothing
if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children
cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too
great, if during shop ping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment
the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the
street-door of your house is closed after you. According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment______.
A．is still unknown B．is being closely studied C．is usually neglected D．has been fully recognized