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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Waterfronts"”.
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Re-using downtown waterfronts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. M.C.P.
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Phenomenology of water & a scenario for downtown waterfronts.
Thesis. 1975. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Still Working: Re-examining America’s Urban Working Waterfronts
While American urban waterfronts once served as critical sites of production, they are now disappearing, reflecting larger de-industrialization trends. This thesis argues for a critical re-examination of the continued and evolving role that waterfronts play as sites of work. It expands the …
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Steering change from the shore : the working waterfronts of Marine Highway 95
The primary contribution of this research is to discover, describe and argue for urban design strategies that connect public ports to their urban context in a way that improves environmental performance, clarifies freight circulation, and enhances workforce accessibility. The thesis begins at a …
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Waterfront views : defining a new planning process for Brooklyn's post-industrial waterfronts
… given to less visible, residential neighborhood waterfronts, and the importance of understanding and incorporating the neighborhood perspective into the planning process. In this study, the post-industrial waterfront neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Red Hook, Brooklyn are the focus. Ways in which …
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The City and its interfaces: An Approach to Recover the Natural and Cultural Landscape at the Beachfront in St. Augustine Beach, Florida
… to keep them are not answered in the existing waterfronts and re-developments at the water's edge. For this reason, the recovering of urban waterfronts is an opportunity to promote ecologically healthy environments, address sense of place, support human gatherings, and encourage economic …
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Take Me to the River: Designing the Intimate Waterfront
… people and water; (2) the evolution of urban waterfronts in the United States and how intimacy with water is limited by the siting of buildings, construction of transportation infrastructure, and installation of flood control measures; and (3) three approaches used to create design guidelines …
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Urban waterfront : problems and potentials of Boston
… this thesis is based on the fact that downtown waterfronts are special urban areas in a city. These areas offer unique opportunities for providing cultural and recreational public amenities to urban life. The important difference between water as a natural resource and water as an urban amenity …
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SOCIAL HOUSING IN WATERFRONT REGENERATION: A CRITICAL EVALUATION
… have become increasingly common on British waterfronts in recent years, it can be argued that for a variety of reasons the waterfront may be an inappropriate location in which to create new, and possibly vulnerable, social housing communities. This proposition is tested through three …
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The application of social judgement analysis to urban fisheries management
… for urban fisheries in small ponds and natural waterfronts. The analysis involved (1) compiling a team of expert judges, (2) creating a series of hypothetical cases for ponds and waterfronts, (3) having the experts judge the quality of the cases, and (4) creating multiple regression equations …
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Port of call or port of conflict: the evolution of the port of New York and New Jersey, port-city relationships, and the potential for land use conflicts on the Newark bay waterfront
… the commercial port operations and redeveloping waterfronts for non-industrial uses. Research about the historical evolution of the Port of New York and New Jersey centers exclusively on the waterfronts and facilities on the Hudson and East Rivers and Upper New York Bay. Sources of information …
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Open to the public! : a new network of communal recreation waterfront space in Bangkok
… such as roads and highways, leaving the waterfronts as large areas of underused land, deteriorated ports, warehouses, and informal settlements. With recent developments turning their backs onto the waterfront, the diminishing public exposure and access to the Chao Phraya River means it is …
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Designing an integrated waterfront : responsive redevelopment at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
… globalization, and military restructuring, urban waterfronts have transformed from industrial and manufacturing employment centers to tourist destinations, passive recreation areas, and luxury residential and corporate office districts. The wave of redevelopment efforts has resulted in a general …
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A city's edge: where the land meets water
… urban landscape. The development of urban waterfronts has always been one of the ways to enhance the urban environment. Besides contributing to the economic, recreational, cultural and industrial development of the place, the architectural character has always adapted itself to the maritime …
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From Dockyard to Esplanade: Leveraging Industrial Heritage in Waterfront Redevelopment
… contribute to the success of re-purposed urban waterfronts.
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Metallic links : for the integration of city to sea and people to city
… these barriers include highways, railroad and waterfronts where major gaps disrupt the overall continuity of the city form. Pedestrian links between important destinations are often broken (Tancik: 2).
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Engaging the periphery : integrating port and city
… rail networks useless. As a result, many urban waterfronts became deserted industrial compounds functioning neither as a viable port for industry nor as a waterfront to the city. At approximately the same time, America's entire pattern of settlement began to shift in the 1950's away from central …
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Lost Lake Park: Perceiving Site History through a Recreation Landscape on Lake Union
… of a site on one of Seattle's former working waterfronts, Lake Union. Located on the lake's eastern shore, the site was recently vacated, providing an opportunity to create a path and destination that enhances the connection of the site to the water and its surrounding neighborhoods. This is …
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Re-presenting the Waterfront: revealing the intersection of human and natural processes
Water and waterfronts are appealing to almost any person, as a visitor or designer. This study challenges the author's design processes and understanding of the landscape as the sculpted meeting ground, intersecting human and natural physical processes. It progresses from assumptions through …
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Land use planning in the Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico
… Puerto Rico, Port Planning, Cruise Industry, Waterfronts, Traffic Modeling, Urban Transportation, Urban Design, Land Use Planning, Transit Oriented Development.
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