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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Urban landscape design"”.
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Urban Landscape Design for Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity of Young Seniors: A Study of Shopping-Mall-Plazas in Central Beijing
… and badminton, football, among others. Some urban leftover spaces, such as spaces between buildings, at the dead ends of streets, and plazas, in front of shopping malls are not designed as activity spaces; they are edges and residual spaces left over after planning. Although shopping mall …
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Chinese American cultural identity in the urban landscape: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
… to Sunset Park, and then evaluates the impact of landscape and other elements in urban design on their community identity. This thesis compares Chinese communities in: 1) central and suburban Toronto, Canada; 2) central and suburban Los Angeles; and 3) Chicago, Illinois. Each of these communities …
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Productive Landscape - Revitalizing a Post-industrial District with Slow Economy
… sites is important to the practice of landscape architecture professionals. In some developing cities, like Guangzhou China, reprogramming post-industrial sites for new productive purposes can be problematic because of contradictory conditions: theses large cities are aging but also …
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The role of landscape architecture in stimulating creative industry: the Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago
In the context of urban development, many inner city industrial areas have been rezoned, and fallen into decay. People living in those changing urban neighborhoods seek new strategies for development. This thesis studies the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Residents in the Pilsen …
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Localness : a village proposal for mixed use reappropriation of the industrial landscape
This urban design thesis addresses the transformation of single-use industrial space to mixed-use public and private space, linking pedestrian and vehicular paths within the village of Sussex, WI. The industrial revolution often reinforced the separation of functions (residential, commercial, …
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Towards an understanding of the barriers which prevent the routine engagement with urban green space
… and economic benefits and services derived from urban green spaces have been extensively researched and are universally recognised (Forest Research, 2010; Lee & Maheswaran, 2010; Mitchell, 2013). Indeed, an affirmative association between green space exposure and user perceptions of physical …
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Alternative Food Landscapes. Designing Food-Sensitive Landscapes beyond Urban-Rural Bonundaries
In an era of accelerating urbanisation and climate change, integrating sustainable food systems into urban-rural landscapes has become a crucial strategy for developing resilient environments and communities. Contemporary food systems' weaknesses have been exacerbated by global crises like COVID-19 …