Social Hydrological Urban Spaces: Integrative Ecological Design Demonstration at the Neighbourhood Scale
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2013-01-28
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The goal of this thesis was to advance the understanding of the tools and methods of urban ecological design practice to support the spatial and functional integration of social and hydrological processes at a neighbourhood scale. Fifty six urban social hydrological design precedents from Europe and North America were identified and reviewed, producing five integrative ecological design themes. These themes were then used to generate nine principles for social hydrological design, which formed the basis of a design demonstration proposal for redevelopment of the West Annex neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada. The West Annex application site results have confirmed the value of design demonstration as an urban ecological research method effective in advancing our understanding of social-ecological and spatial relationships as well as physically demonstrating this theory-practice nexus. The findings have also illustrated opportunities and barriers to the continued emergence of ecological design practice in urban redevelopment at a neighbourhood scale.
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Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts, Landscape Architecture
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Weststrate, B. J. (2013). Social Hydrological Urban Spaces: Integrative Ecological Design Demonstration at the Neighbourhood Scale (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27814