Open Space Planning; Utilizing Green Infrastructure to Preserve Community

<p>Current sprawl development patterns typical of contemporary development in the United States are unsustainable. The uniform development guidelines prevent context sensitive community design, degrading our communities and consuming large amounts of natural and cultural resources. Significant progress has been made in reorganizing community planning towards sustainable development practices. However, these alternatives still work under the misconception that there is a disconnect between planning open space networks and planning development. Through a comprehensive land use planning approach, this project explores combining concepts of landscape ecology, green infrastructure planning and conservation subdivision patterns to design an integrative open space/community network.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Plant Science

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Reynolds, Cynthia V.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Carol Atkinson-Palombo, Norman Garrick
• Peter Miniutti

• open space planning
• participatory action research
• community planning

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/188

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu:gs_theses-1132