Thesis (M. L. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes special report study entitled: Outdoor dining at the seafront. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2000. / Vita. Abstract. Includes appendices. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled: Visual quality of artificial slope treatment in Hong Kong. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled: Edge treatment in waterfront landscape. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 32).

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The North Sakhalin Basin is a polyphase Neogene basin situated on an active strike-slip plate boundary between the Amur and Okhotsk microplates.  This basin contains a sedimentary record of the Amur River, as well as the tectonic processes which have resulted in the formation and deformation of the basin.  I use a multi-disciplinary approach, involving heavy mineral analysis, seismic interpretation and geomorphic observations and analyses, to constrain the evolution of the landscape, sedimentary basins and fluvial systems at this active continental margin. Detrital mineralogy and integrated sediment accumulation rates indicate that the drainage basin of the Amur River has been relatively stable since the Early Miocene, with no evidence for continental-scale drainage capture during this time.  Instead, sediment delivery to the basin has responded to a number of tectonic and climatic processes, most notably the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation in the Pliocene and uplift and erosion of the North Sakhalin Basin in the Late Neogene.  By contrast, the Colorado River, which also has a delta on an active strike-slip margin, has been profoundly affected by tectonic processes at the continental margin, resulting in major drainage re-organisation in the Late Neogene. Sediment delivery to the North Sakhalin Basin has been strongly affected by tectonic processes along the Sakhalin-Hokkaido Shear Zone.  The basin underwent a phase of transtension during the Early Miocene (>15 Ma), followed by continued strike-slip offset during the Middle-Late Miocene (15-6.3 Ma), and finally transpression during the Pliocene which is still ongoing today.  The diachronous, northeastward-propagating deformation and uplift of the North Sakhalin Basin (initiated between 6.3-3.6 Ma) is preserved in the geomorphic characteristics of fluvial networks, the first-appearance of recycled deltaic sediments and by onlapping reflector terminations on offshore anticlines.  The landscape of Sakhalin is transient, and continuing to deform in the present day.

Considered by many to be accurate and neutrally constructed representations of landscape, maps are assumed to be free from bias and prejudice. However, a critical cartographic exploration of maps and mapping practice reveals the map to be a fabricated eidetic re-presentation of landscape that embodies the subjective values of the mapmaker. Through technological advances in mapping practice such as GIS (Geographic Information System) and Google Earth, maps and mapmaking have become seamlessly integrated into the shaping of contemporary urban landscapes, further removing designers from the direct experience of the landscapes they design. This practicum seeks to reconcile the tendency to map landscape through these disembodied processes by placing particular emphasis on the agency of the landscape designer as cartographer. Building on existing literature, this research investigates a phenomenological approach to landscape that is focused on the lived experience of reading and writing maps. Focusing on a philosophical investigation this practicum explores the question; what are the implications for the practice of Landscape Architecture if designers begin to explore a phenomenological cartographic practice?

This work presents arguments to the reader about the possible benefits for Landscape Architecture education using field study experiences. Three groups of information or opinion are presented: 1. fact supported by retrievable documentation or research, selected quotes from various literary sources, and 3. the writer's observations and opinions as derived from personal experiences, interpretations of fact and quoted material.A questionnaire was developed and administered to six Midwestern programs of landscape architecture. The results only pointed out that some schools sponsor Field study programs with varying frequencies, focusing on various topics, but it failed to expose the motives behind sponsoring field study programs, or the benefits of field study experiences. / Department of Landscape Architecture