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Klaasen, I. T. "Knowledge-based design developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.ebrary.com/.
Full textKlaasen, Ina T. "Knowledge-based design : developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0607/2005377632.html.
Full textSchutte, Corli. "The influence of control mechanisms on urban form : some urban design implications." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53127.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The urban designer works within an environment characterized by constraints. Control mechanisms are part of these constraints. They were created out of necessity because the control of the urban environment became strained as cities grew in size. In the beginning control mechanisms regulated the urban environment to create better public safety. This objective evolved to include aesthetics and sustainability of the environment. Controls, however, tended to become standardized and were often blindly applied irrespective of changed circumstances and contexts. Control mechanisms include inter alia height, density, bulk, and aesthetic controls, which can be applied to regulate form, space and behavioural or activity patterns. These control mechanisms generally embrace a system of codes embodied in legislation enforceable in law. Urban designers should realize and take full advantage of the potential of the law as an urban design control element. This study examines the nature of control mechanisms as applied to town planning in general and urban design in particular and their efficacy in achieving and maintaining a range of human and social objectives. To this end, attention is paid to examining historical precedent, examples reflecting different cultures and approaches and resultant urban forms. On the basis of the aforementioned this study aims to identify a range of urban design principles and to propose suggestions as to how control mechanisms as part of a system of law can best be applied. A case study of central business district sites in Durbanville, Western Cape is researched.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die stadsontwerper funksioneer binne 'n omgewing wat gekenmerk word deur beperkings. Beheermeganismes maak deel uit van hierdie beperkings. Dit het ontwikkel uit noodsaak, want die beheer van die stedelike omgewing het onder druk gekom soos stede in grootte toegeneem het. Aanvanklik het die beheer-maatreëls die stedelike omgewing gereguleer om sodoende openbare veiligheid te verseker. Hierdie doel het egter ontwikkel om estetiese ontwerp en volhouding van die omgewing in te sluit. Maatreëls het egter geneig om gestandardiseer te raak en is dikwels blindelings toegepas ongeag die omstandighede en konteks. Beheermeganismes sluit inter alia hoogte, volume en estetiese kontrole in wat aangewend kan word om vorm, ruimte en gedrags- of aktiwiteitspatrone te reguleer. Hierdie beheermeganismes omsluit gewoonlik 'n stelsel van kodes wat vervat is in wetgewing, afdwingbaar deur die wet. Stadsontwerpers behoort die potensiaal van sodanige wetgewing te besef en tot hul voordeel te benut as 'n beheer element in stedelike ontwerp. Hierdie studie ondersoek die aard van beheermeganismes soos aangewend in stadsbeplanning oor die algemeen en stedelike ontwerp in die besonder en hul doeltreffendheid in die bereiking en handhawing van 'n reeks menslike en sosiale doelstellings. Aandag word in die studie gegee aan die ondersoek van historiese voorbeelde, voorbeelde wat verskillende kulture weerspieël en verskillende benaderingswyses en gevolglike stadsvorme. Gebaseer op die voorafgaande, wil hierdie studie 'n reeks van stedelike ontwerp beginsels identifiseer en voorstelle aan die hand doen hoe beheermeganismes as deel van die wetgewingstelsel, op die mees doeltreffende wyse aangewend kan word. Persele in die sakekern van Durbanville, Wes- Kaap word as gevallestudie nagevors.
Ozgoc, Cemcile D. "Conceptual design of a planning support system for the science of urban and regional planning." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1306380.
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Fok, Yu-chung Brian. "Matrix of the City : urban recreation of Shek Tong Tsui /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25953151.
Full textAl-Mutawa, Yasmin Abdullah Abdullatif 1963. "Landscape design guidelines for Kuwait." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291619.
Full textBodenchuk, Donna Lee 1955. "Planning and design for tourism in Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278385.
Full textGritzmacher, Christopher B. "Urban Design Within the Planning Process: A Case Study of Current Practice “Block E” in Minneapolis." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1085540299.
Full textCHUNDUR, SAMANTHA. "URBAN DESIGN SCHEME: COLLEGE HILL BUSINESS DISTRICT." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin974407441.
Full textTincup, Michal Grissett 1969. "The generation of design and planning guidelines for a new southwestern community." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291408.
Full textCheng, Chien-Ke. "Sustainable urban design within contemporary urban policy| A comparative study between Chicago and Taipei." Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3574932.
Full textThis research and methodology develop a set of statistical measurements to evaluate sustainability — in terms of desired high urban density, walkability for community amenity and convenience for everyday life — at the level of urban design for the cities of Chicago, USA and Taipei, Taiwan. The method, based upon GIS (Geographical Information System) technology, is used at this spatial level and for this type of academic study for the first time. The research analyzes and compares the percentage of each city's population living within the "Quarter Mile Radius Sphere of Influence" (QMSI) for three classes of community amenities: parks, public elementary schools, and subway stations. The new and unique statistical data obtained in this thesis show a great disparity between the two cities.
1. Chicago has 31.98% of its population living within the QMSI of public elementary schools. Taipei has 49.64% of its population living within the QMSI of public elementary schools.
2. For subway stations, Chicago has only 8.09% of its population living in the QMSI, while Taipei has 25.99%.
3. For urban parks, Chicago has 44.06% of its population living in the QMSI, while Taipei has 88.80%.
Further, based upon comparison, this research also discovers that the "sweet spot" areas — intersection of the QMSIs of all three community amenities — are mostly distributed along subway lines. With this indication, the research visualizes and supports the objective of improved public transit and walkability as key factors for sustainability in urban design in this case. The research also demonstrates the usefulness of GIS technology's new application in urban design studies for the future. The research shows that this new method has applicability for academic studies in other urban contexts, and for future international urban design and planning.
McCormick, Bailie Grant 1963. "Applications of environment-behavior-design research to planned communities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278294.
Full textSvirplys, Saulius. ""Creeping diversity": Housing design in Bramalea, Canada's first suburban satellite city." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27488.
Full textMILLER, TRAVIS JAY. "IDENTIFYING URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR THE MILFORD PARKWAY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990791690.
Full textSETIAWAN, ARIEF BUDI. "FINDLAY-DAYTON LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, WEST END URBAN DESIGN PLAN." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin997993050.
Full textEl, Banhawy Eiman. "To understand, model and design an e-mobility system in its urban context." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2015. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/30320/.
Full textBUKVIC, ANAMARIA. "PLANNING URBAN PLAYGROUNDS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE: SITE SELECTION AND DESIGN IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1145859042.
Full textSiame, Gilbert. "Understanding conflicting rationalities in city planning: a case study of co-produced infrastructure in informal settlements in Kampala." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25451.
Full textMoreton, Leo. "Regionally responsive approaches to residential design in England." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2016. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/32570/.
Full textVan, Pelt Tom Gregory. "University Square Development Proposal." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2014. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1275.
Full textTANG, JUN. "Reconstructing The Evolution of Urban Districts: The Use of Computer-Generated Visual Simulation in Urban Design." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1029332263.
Full textChapman, Gary Allen. "Design variables and the success of outdoor neighborhood recreational facilities." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278696.
Full textGrimaldi, Jordan. "The Living Community Challenge: An unCase Study in Biophilic Master Planning." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2020. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/219.
Full textSPITTAEL, FREDERIK. "FOUNTAIN SQUARE: FACE LIFT OR VITAL INJECTION?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147103562.
Full textFontenot, Anthony. "Non-Design and the Non-Planned City." Thesis, Princeton University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597482.
Full textThis study seeks to understand the larger cultural context that gave rise to what is referred to as "non-design," a term designated to denote a particular aesthetic that is characterized by a suspicion of, and/or rejection of, "conscious" design, while embracing various phenomenon that emerge without "intention" or "deliberate human design." The study traces the phenomenon of "non-design" in British and American design culture of the postwar period. The author argues that following Friedrich von Hayek's theories of the "undesigned" nature of social institutions and his concept of a "spontaneous order" of the 1940s, non-design first emerged in design discourse and practice in the early 1950s in England, particularly in the work of certain members of the Independent Group, and by the mid-1960s it gained currency in the United States in the architectural and urban theories of Charles Moore, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and particularly in Reyner Banham's writing on American urbanism. While rarely made explicit, this dissertation argues that the concept of non-design played an important role in design and urban debates of the postwar period.
Griffiths, Clark. "A description of the projects undertaken by the first Kansas City Design Center Urban Design Studio and recommendations on how to improve the student experience." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/3854.
Full textMa, Cindy. "Form-Based Codes, Design Guidelines and Placemaking: The Case of Hayward, Ca." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/775.
Full textGluckman, Lloyd. "Water sensitive urban design as a transformative approach to urban water management in Cape Town: A case study of the proposed River Club development." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27528.
Full textFuchs, Alexander J. "San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority: Recommendations for Future Service Demand." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1011.
Full textPerry, John. "Compete : Urban Land Institute / Gerald D. Hines student urban design competition." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1487.
Full textProvenzale, Brian M. "A Conservation Plan for Reservoir Canyon Natural Reserve, San Luis Obispo, CA." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/744.
Full textSyed, Rizwan Husain 1960, and Rizwan Husain 1960 Syed. "Landscape design guidelines for Karachi City, Pakistan." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291900.
Full textManatakos, Kyriakos 1960. "Behaviour and design of reinforced concrete core-slab-frame structures." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=42088.
Full textStage 1 concentrates on the elastic response and Stage 3 examines the nonlinear response of the core-slab-frame structure considering the effects of cracking and crushing of concrete, strain-hardening of the reinforcement, and tension-stiffening. Analyses involve three-dimensional elastic and nonlinear finite element modeling techniques of the structure to investigate the contribution and influence of the various structural components. The structural response is examined for the deformations, the concentrated reinforcement strains and concrete stresses in the cores, the force and stress distributions in the structural members, and the failure mode.
Stage 2 focuses on the design and detailing of the core-slab-frame structure following seismic provisions of building code requirements for reinforced concrete structures where applicable as given in the CSA Standard CAN3-A23.3-MS4 (1984), the ACI Standard ACI 318M-83 (1983) and the New Zealand Standard NZS3101 (1982). Assumptions made in the conventional design procedures and any shortcomings encountered are examined. Suitable design procedures and reinforcement details are suggested where no provisions exist in the codes.
Findings demonstrate complex three-dimensional interaction among the cores, beams, slabs and frames in resisting the lateral and gravity loads, and show considerable strength, ductility and energy absorption capability of the structure. Critical areas for design include the joints and junctions near the vicinity of core wall-slab-beams ends and corners. Plastic hinging extends over the lower 2.5% to 33% height of the structure with the majority of inelastic action and damage concentrated in the bottom 10% to 15% height, predicting an ultimate load of 3.4 to 5.9 times the design earthquake load with top drifts of the structure between 750 mm to 1375 mm.
Tcacencu, Sanda. "Social Sustainability in a Local Context." Thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239879.
Full textPetersen, Gadija Assaa-Imah. "The utilisation of spatial planning in improving urban water culture: a case study of Oranjezicht, Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28133.
Full textvon, Kerczek John Daniel. "Historically-informed development in the Civic Center South area of Downtown Los Angeles." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2012. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/781.
Full text霍汝聰 and Yu-chung Brian Fok. "Matrix of the City: urban recreation of Shek Tong Tsui." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985737.
Full textKassa, Bewketu Z. "Bamboo: An Alternative Building Material for Urban Ethiopia." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/66.
Full textSharma, Monika. "Architectural design quality in local authority private finance initiative sheltered housing projects : the development of an evaluation tool." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2014. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21596/.
Full textImeokparia, Timothy Oserejenoria. "The design, implementation, and evaluation of an interactive multimedia environmental design research information system architectural design review as case study /." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1119510445.
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Williams, Shannon L. "Triangle Park: addressing residual urban space." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7022.
Full textDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
John W. Keller
In the 2009-2010 academic year at the Kansas City Design Center, four students undertook a design project seeking to transform an underutilized traffic median into a usable urban public space. The space, known as “Triangle Park,” is located at Avenida Cesar E. Chavez (West 23rd Street), West Pennsylvania Avenue, and Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. This report describes the existing site conditions and challenges to creating an inviting public space. The report explains how the students arrived at the finalized design using precedent studies, multiple design iterations, and community input from the Westside and Crossroads neighborhood stakeholders. The finalized design focuses on providing connectivity between people, the site, and the city as a whole. Opportunities for connection are offered by improved pedestrian circulation and a comfortable, well-defined outdoor space. Three major structural interventions are proposed: an illuminated overhead canopy beneath the Interstate-35 overpass provides shelter for pedestrians; a raised walking path enhances an already prominent pedestrian route; and a wooden deck provides opportunities for sitting and lingering. The ability of the design to meet the community’s stated needs and to serve as a social public space is evaluated to determine the likelihood of positive and worthwhile project outcomes.
GUPTA, KAJAL. "TOWN AS A LIVING MUSEUM: A CASE STUDY OF RIPLEY, OHIO." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1022674624.
Full textBarber, Richard Henry 1942. "Arroyo Chico: The effects of design and management on the biological and social aspects of an urban wash." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278512.
Full textAbraham, Jose P. "Redesigning Kansas City’s government district using the urban-design approach of responsive environments." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4117.
Full textDepartment of Architecture
David R. Seamon
This thesis presents a redesign of Kansas City’s downtown Government District, making use of the conceptual approach provided by Responsive Environments (1985), a manual for urban design written by architects Ian Bentley and Alan Alcock, urban designers Sue McGlynn and Graham Smith, and landscape architect Paul Murrain. “Responsive environments” are those urban places, the physical settings of which maximize usability and social value by offering a wide range of day-to-day user choices within close proximity. The authors of Responsive Environments identify seven hierarchical qualities—permeability, variety, legibility, robustness, visual appropriateness, richness, and personalization—that are said to be vital in creating responsive environments within the city. Through a literature review and critique, chapters 1 and 2 of the thesis overview Responsive Environments in terms of several major theorists of urban place making, including urban theorist Bill Hillier (1984), urban critic Jane Jacobs (1961), and urban designer William Whyte (1980). In turn, chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 investigate the practicability of Responsive Environments as an urban design approach by applying its three larger-scale qualities of permeability, variety, and legibility to the Government District, an existing urban area in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, presently underdeveloped in terms of environmental responsiveness and a strong sense of urban place. As a means to identify strengths and weaknesses of Responsive Environments, the last chapter of the thesis critiques the resulting Government District design. The thesis concludes that Responsive Environments is a valuable design approach that offers much for strengthening the quality of urban life and urban sustainability.
Yi, Claire. "Re-Imagining Nature in Dense, High Rise Urban Environment: the Present and Future of Green Building Infrastructure in Singapore." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2020. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/217.
Full textOlsen, Kerby Andrew. "EVALUATING URBAN DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN LOS ANGELES." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1427.
Full textWANG, FAN. "REVISITING SMALL TOWN AMERICA: MAIN STREET DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR MANCHESTER, OHIO." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin997199249.
Full textMiddleton, Deborah Antoinette. "Growth and expansion in post-war urban design strategies: C. A. Doxiadis and the first strategic plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia (1968-1972)." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37094.
Full textGross, Samuel Hirsher. "Measuring the Influence that Components have on Pedestrian Route Choice in Activated Alleys." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1460.
Full textJaramillo, Jaime Marie. "THE CITY OF MILPITAS HISTORIC GATEWAY BACKGROUND REPORT AND DESIGN GUIDELINES." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1468.
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