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thesis
posted on 2023-09-21, 03:11authored bySacha Therese Constable
It is well established that urban green areas provide a wide range of social, aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits. The importance of urban green spaces has been known for decades; however the relationship between urban livability and green areas, as incorporated in overall urban green structure, has become the focus of international studies during the last 10 to 15 years. The spatial structure of green space systems has important consequences for urban form; configuring urban resources, controlling urban size, improving ecological quality of urban areas and preventing or mitigating natural disasters. However, in the field of architecture or urban design, very little work has been done to investigate the potential for built form to define and differentiate the edge to a green corridor ... This thesis therefore poses the hypothesis that architecture and urban design critically mediate between city and green corridor, through intensification and definition of the built edge, as a means of contributing to an ecological city form.
History
Copyright Date
2013-01-01
Date of Award
2013-01-01
Publisher
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Rights License
Author Retains All Rights
Degree Discipline
Architecture
Degree Grantor
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Degree Level
Masters
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (Professional)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Outcome code
280104 Expanding knowledge in built environment and design