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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"ecological design"”.
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Experience-Oriented Ecological Design: A Methodological Framework to Improve Human Experience in Urban Public Space Ecological Design
… the premise that contemporary urban public space ecological designs. Are often deficient in this regard. In order to develop a design methodology that addresses both ecological function and sensory experience, the author examine both contemporary western ecological design and classical Chinese …
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Taking Turns: A Conversational Approach to Ecological Design
Better integration of human cultures and ecological communities is needed to sustain the health of people and the land. The inherent difference between concepts and things themselves, and the cultural disconnection between intellectual-conceptual and physical-material work, are implicated in …
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Transparent animism: a framework for participating in ecological design as agonism
… for landscape architects to participate in ecological design as agonism. We are experiencing an anthropogenic ecological crisis and are in need of new ways to relate to the rest of the biosphere. Through animism, an ontological order where humans and nonhumans are both seen as subjects, and …
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Ecological design and smart landscapes: Boosting the connection between scientific findings and design approaches with smart technologies
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Questioning Commonplace Ecological Design: a study of waterfront design practices and the ecological well-being of development in the harbor of Oyster, Virginia
… guiding the natural process of exchange. The design of Oyster Harbor on the Eastern Shore of Virginia is in contrast to normative development of waterfront sites. The hard edge of common practices of waterfront development stands in tension to the more natural evolving edge of many …
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Co-designing in love: towards the emergence and conservation of human sustainable communities
… deals with the following two questions: What is ecological design? And, how does Ecological Design both emerge from, and contribute to, the constitution and conservation of human sustainable communities in our Western-European culture? The research proposes that the only way to understand the …
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Ecotransology : integrated design for urban mobility
… a rethinking of urban mobility through ecological design. Human mobility and ecological accountability are inextricably linked in city design; our current world ecological crisis underscores this fundamental connection. Through original design exploration ranging in scale from …
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Ecological Schoolyards Landscapes of Empowerment
This thesis explores the ecological design of schoolyard environments. It employs a systems approach, and considers energy, hydrologic, biotic, and social systems and their interrelation. The question of how to integrate experiential learning with the school landscape is also examined, as the …
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Plant communities along Irish roads: the impact of humans and potential to improve biodiversity
… for non-native invasive species. Following an ecological landscape design could result in a verge significantly greater in both species richness and resources for pollinating insects than a traditional landscape treatment approach. The seed bank of the road verge contained more species than …
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Design Process to Integrate Natural and Human Systems
… architecture, like the "Emerald Necklace" designed by Frederick Law Olmsted or Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord by Peter Latz. Most of the projects still have only one purpose: they are either reserved for conservation as are the great national parks, or are planned for recreation or …
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Eniatype: Transdisciplinary Practice for Methodologies of Communication
… of methodologies of communication through ecological design. Human communication and ecological accountability are inextricably linked in architectural design: the current global ecological crisis underscores this fundamental connection. Within architectural practice the communication from …
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The Mangrove Mosaic: An Ecological Landscape Design Strategy for Everglades City's Climate Adaptation and Phased Transition Amidst Sea-level Rise
… site. Located at the intersection of major ecological reserves and facing serious threats from significantly higher sea level rise, Everglades City presents ecological and cultural challenges as well as opportunities for land-use transformation. The project aims to restore natural hydrology …
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Ecologically responsive urban forms : the design of human settlements in a technologic age
… harmony with nature. We are faced with growing ecological imbalance that threatens to irreparably damage our ecosystem, as a result of man's indulgence in crude, inefficient and wasteful environmental practices. The specific objective of this study is to develop an alternative model for human …
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Ecological Infrastructure: A Framework for Planning and Design: "Addressing Landscape Connectivity and Wildlife Resources for Interstate Highway Systems"
… Unfortunately, many roadways were not planned or designed with wildlife in mind. As long linear features in the landscape, interstates can function as landscape barriers and cause significant impacts to adjacent wildlife populations. While an aggressive transportation system is being carried out, …
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Resident Participation in Watershed Management: Preference for Riparian Landscapes, Attitudes, and Behaviors- Case Study of Cedar River Watershed, Washington
… of the watershed is not only beneficial to the ecological health of the River, but to the flood mitigation of private riverfront properties. Therefore, engaging the residents along the river is a primary concern of local non-profit conservation organizations such as Forterra. Successful …
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Spatial distribution of tuberculosis in Nigeria and its socioeconomic correlates
… in Nigeria. Methods: The study used an ecological design based on the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria as the spatial units. Initial exploratory analysis used measures of spatial autocorrelation (Global and Local Moran’s test statistics). The associations between TB incidence …
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Paradise in the Parking Lot
… Virginia — that provide open space,the ecological benefits of absorbing storm water runoff and preventing UV bounce back, while ultimately repositioning and rejoining the pedestrian with the landscape. The project does not set out to eradicate parking. Rather, the project recognizes the …
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Villa Prelat: A Sustainable Dwelling in the Argentine Savanna
… in a province called Entre Riós. They seek a design for a country home with a horse barn and extensive gardens. This villa will be off the grid and must incorporate sustainable architecture.The design for the Villa Prelat emerged from five fundamental considerations:• clients’ focus on …
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Butterfly / urbanism
… economy, as well as through strategic urban design. In order to integrate Monarch butterfly habitat with a new type of urbanism, three aspects are involved: ecological design, unconventional agriculture, and socio-economic design. Monarch butterfly migration is a dynamic flow that can elicit …
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Software tectonics
… in the architectural discourse towards issues of ecological design, coupled with the undeniable role of computation, has already cast a new operative role to the notion of environment. Instead of being the passive, conceptualized or historicized context of an architectural object, environment is …
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