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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Landscape character"”.
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Landscape Aesthetics in Practice: A critical enquiry into the development and use of an arts practice as a constructive intervention within the context of landscape change, community action, Green Infrastructure planning and delivery and Landscape Character Assessment processes.
… project, caring for a community woodland and Landscape Character Assessment. The weaving metaphor becomes both a process and an art work capable of revealing and helping to incorporate subjectivity into traditionally objective decision-making processes. As well as facilitating community-wide …
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Les carrières en fin d'activités: un potentiel paysager?
The present study focuses on the landscape concept and evaluations and is based on some issues related to the impact, restoration and ecological potential of the abandoned quarries. It proposes a landscape character assessment for non active limestone quarries resulting from the spontaneous …
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City Farm Garden : countering the impacts of urban expansion in a rural valley in the Western Cape through a gardening approach to place-making
Globally, the uniqueness of rural landscapes is at risk of disappearing (Makhzoumi & Pungetti 1999:16, 24). Global changes threaten traditional landscapes, biodiversity and the structure of rural society, and impact local, regional and global ecological processes that will ultimately determine the …
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Perceived Landscape Qualities: A Case Study of Snæfellsjökull National Park
Several different frameworks for landscape analysis have been developed. Following the institution of the European Landscape Convention in the year 2000, the role of human perception and of aesthetic qualities has been underlined, making it clear how certain aspects of the holistic concept of …
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Woodland history and management in the Oxfordshire Chilterns: implications for the future
… the greatest ecological impact if they employ a landscape scale approach to ensure maximum woodland connectivity whilst retaining landscape character. This research investigated woodland change over the last 160 years in the Oxfordshire Chilterns. The Chilterns, characterised by beech woodland, …
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Stewart Island township : a landscape appraisal : [dissertation] presented in partial fulfilment of the Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College, University of Canterbury
Despite the variety of landscape types in New Zealand, many towns are similar in character. This can largely be attributed to the attitudes of the early settlers who combined the philosophy of freedom for the individual, seen in the variety of ornamental treatments of individual properties, with a …
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A process for defining landscape-specific design guidelines for the shoreland of Lake Tahoe
The Lake Tahoe shoreland is a landscape of uncommon beauty. Its beauty, however, is at risk. The shoreland suffers the penalty of popularity – large numbers of individuals are attracted to build there in large part to take advantage of the natural beauty of the landscape. This thesis describes a …
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Reconfiguring the burnt scar: a landscape architectural response to the Knysna fires of June 2017
… non-native commercial trees mass scale present a landscape character and scenic value to the region that calls upon the ideals of the Picturesque. A significant contributing factor the fire was the fuel load within the suburban environment. This project proposes a vegetation palette that property …
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Straumvötn í þéttbýli. Staða Glerár og virði fyrir samfélagið á Akureyri.
… flokkað með aðferðafræði landslagsgreiningar (e. landscape character assessment) en aðferðin byggir á þeirri skilgreiningu að landslag er allt umhverfi okkar, bæði manngert og náttúrulegt. Rannsóknarsvæðinu var skipt í sjö einkennissvæði sem hvert um sig var flokkað og greint m.t.t. landslagsþátta …
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A Practice-Based Exploration of Natural Environment Design in Computer & Video Games : Volume 2
… and visual-based historical survey of virtual landscapes, resulting in a practice-based exploration of virtual natural environment design in computer and video games. One of the main artefacts produced in this research, a three-volume book series titled Virtual Landscapes, presents for the …
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A practice-based exploration of natural environment design in computer & video games : volume 1
… and visual-based historical survey of virtual landscapes, resulting in a practice-based exploration of virtual natural environment design in computer and video games. One of the main artefacts produced in this research, a three-volume book series titled Virtual Landscapes, presents for the …
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The landscape of tourism: a case study of the development of Rotorua : a dissertation submitted for partial fulfilment of the Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College
… physical and cultural components of the total landscape have been affected in many ways. When taking an historical perspective, the original landscape character stood on its own to attract the tourist. Publicity hype has grown to distort these past landscape assets. A large discrepancy between …
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A synthetic approach to regional spatial planning in less developed contexts
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration - Peace Studies, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2023.