Urban archipelago for climate change adaptation: the next phase of landmaking in Boston

Coastal cities all over the world are threatened by sea level rise caused by global climate change. Boston is one of them that desires to seek innovative sea level rise adaptation strategies. This thesis provides a new, operational strategy that changes the relationship between water and the city, extending the legacy of Boston’s own landfill history while effecting and representing Boston’s contemporary needs and characteristics. By adapting theoretical strategies and precedents, as applied to Boston’s historic and existing urban context, this proposal recommends a site-specific combination of landform cutting, filling and connecting strategies to South Boston Waterfront as a test site. Through these strategies, South Boston Waterfront would become a new urban archipelago that adapts with further incremental sea level rise and provides a vibrant and high-performance waterfront infrastructure and environment.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.L.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Landscape Architecture

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Sui, Xinyue

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hays, David Lyle
• Emmerling-DiNovo, Carol

• Urban Archipelago
• Rising Sea Level
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Design Strategies
• Landmaking

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2015 Xinyue Sui

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78558

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/78558