published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Although urban green infrastructure [UGI] is increasingly characterized as an asset because it simultaneously serves critical social and environmental functions, few planning tools or research approaches exist where multiple functions are integrated into a systemic spatial analysis. Accordingly, this report examines the utility of ergonomics as a methodological approach to integrate the natural and social sciences and forge a deeper understanding of UGI multifunctionality. Five administrative districts in Dresden [Germany] were selected as a study area to carry out this analysis. Mixed methods were used to categorize and measure various social and environmental functions of UGI cases, and outcomes analyzed for spatial clustering in GIS. Results from this study provide strong evidence that combining social and environmental variables can significantly inform the way UGI networks are perceived and valued. / text

Over the past thirty years, China’s transition to a semi-open market economy has manifested as a process of rapid urban development. Low-income, migrant populations who arrive in the city in search of better work opportunities are being integrated into a class of new urban poor and must contend with limited housing options. Urban villages, which are recognized as rural, collectively owned land located within the urban boundary, are now becoming targeted for government supported urban renewal. Because the urban villages’ land lies outside the regulatory reach of the municipal government, these areas tend to develop in an informal manner and attract low-income migrant tenants. However, urban village tenants are being excluded from the renewal process. The aim of this research is to examine these widely debated concerns within the case of the ongoing Caiwuwei urban village renewal project in Shenzhen. Through this research, I reconsider the functionality of power relations within China’s rapid economic growth, particularly between the urban development decision makers and the marginalized migrant tenant groups. These groups of migrant workers who rent housing units in urban villages have a stake in the urban renewal process because they participate in the urban village social network supporting the need of cheaper supply from the surrounding area. By applying theories of public participation to the process of giving avenue to speak up what they need, which is empowering from the urban village tenant groups, I identify challenges and possibilities for the inclusion of public voices in future government processes in China. I suggest that the project finance model of a public-private partnership could be structured around this collaborative process of renewal, in order to develop a platform for ongoing public participation, particularly in the provision of social services and institutions within the urban village community. Such an arrangement for urban redevelopment will facilitate the balancing of influence among disparate income groups. / text

Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone Project / The era of Urban Sprawl created a wave of single family residences moving farther and farther away from city centers. This also caused a series of unintended problems that affect our own health and the health of our natural environment. This paper seeks to find the most effective methods of implementing sustainable, mixed use development in our existing communities, as well as any mistakes that should be avoided in the process. This paper will examine successes and failures of previously implemented designs in order to inform and make recommendations for future designs and developments. The aim of this study is to identify factors that contribute to the success of a mixed use development and also encompass all aspects of sustainability.

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Thesis. 1977. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Vita. / by Sandra Brant. / M.C.P.

Esta tese trata das mudanças ocorridas no processo de urbanização no município de Campinas, sobretudo a partir dos anos 1970, e em especial no eixo da Rodovia Dom Pedro I. Essas mudanças consistem na formação de um novo padrão de urbanização em escala regional, que está intimamente relacionado ao surgimento de novos padrões de tecidos urbanos. Podemos dizer que diversos fatores propiciaram a formação desse novo padrão de urbanização regional, entre eles: a implantação de novas redes de infraestrutura de transporte, abastecimento e comunicações, novas legislações ambientais e de parcelamento do solo, mudanças econômicas nas esferas da produção e do consumo, além de mudanças culturais. Como reflexo destas transformações, verificamos no tecido urbano o surgimento e difusão de condomínios residenciais horizontais, loteamentos unifamiliares fechados, shopping centers, centros empresariais, loteamentos e condomínios fechados industrais. Esta tese procura mostrar que, ao contrário do que se costuma afirmar, o surgimento dessas tipologias está menos relacionado à violência urbana, ou a simples cópia de um modelo estrangeiro de urbanização, e mais ligado a esse novo padrão de urbanização em escala regional que já vinha ocorrendo muito antes do acirramento das tensões sociais ou da abertura da economia brasileira em meados dos anos 1990. / This thesis deals with the changes in the process of urban growth in the city of Campinas, from the year 1970 onwards, more specifically in the areas surrounding the axis of Highway Dom Pedro I. These changes consist in the formation of a new pattern of urban growth in a regional scale, which is closely related to the emergence of new patterns of urban fabric. We can say that several factors provided the formation of this new pattern of regional urban growth, including: the deployment of new networks of transportation, supply and communications infrastructure, new environmental and urban laws, economic and cultural changes in the spheres of production and consumption. As a result, we notice the appearance of air condos, gated communities, business parks, shopping malls and closed industrial enclaves in the urban fabric. This thesis intends to explicit that, contrary to what is often said, the emergence of these new typologies has more factors involved in its making than a mere reaction to urban violence or the reproduction of a foreign model of urbanization. This new pattern of regional urban growth has been occurring long before the rise of social tensions or the opening of the Brazilian market in the mid 1990s.

Suen Chi Hang Kevin. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1999-2000, design report." / Synopsis in English and Chinese. / synopsis / 建造中的城市 / (city under construction) / prologue / a walk in the city / void in memory / experience memory / conception / definition of memory / (part one and part two) / memory is ..... (part three) / proposition / interference / surgery in city / """black box""" / site[s] / event[s] / program / 0000 - 0500 - 0800 - 1200 - 1800 - 2000 / progress / flow - connection - disconnection / non-programmatic vs. programmatic / landscape / interweaving / hybrid / palimpsest / an experimental hybrid in Mongkok

Lam Wing Kee Zenith. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1997-98, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter 0. --- Introduction / Chapter Part I --- Existing State / Chapter 1.1. --- Project Scenario / Chapter 1.2. --- Client Profile / Chapter 1.3. --- Historical Issues / Chapter 1.4. --- Cultural Issues / Chapter 1.5. --- Land Use Patterns / Chapter 1.6. --- Demorgraphy / Chapter 1.7. --- Area Analysis / Chapter 1.7.1. --- Location / Chapter 1.7.2. --- Land Use Patterns / Chapter 1.7.3. --- Building Height Distributions / Chapter 1.7.4. --- Figure/Ground / Chapter 1.7.5. --- Layers of Figure / Chapter 1.7.6. --- Trend of Commerical Activities along Streets / Chapter 1.7.7. --- Traffic / Chapter 1.7.8. --- Visual Accessiblity along the Mid-level Escalator / Chapter 1.8. --- Street Analysis / Chapter 1.8.1. --- Experiencing Graham Street / Chapter 1.8.2. --- The Graham Street Market Layout / Chapter 1.8.3. --- Figure/Ground / Chapter 1.8.4. --- Street Section / Chapter 1.8.5. --- The Street Elements / Chapter 1.8.6. --- A Hawker Unit on Street / Chapter 1.9. --- Building Analysis / Chapter 1.9.1. --- Building Morphology / Chapter 1.9.2. --- Detailed Study / Chapter 1.10. --- The Existing Codes and Constraints / Chapter 1.10.1. --- Territory Development Strategies / Chapter 1.10.2. --- Outline Zoning Plan-Sai Ying Pun and Sheung Wan / Chapter 1.11. --- Site Analysis Summary / Chapter 1.11.1. --- Figure/Ground / Chapter 1.11.2. --- Open Air Market Streets / Chapter 1.11.3. --- Development After 1980 / Chapter 1.11.4. --- Major Retail Frontage / Chapter 1.11.5. --- Vehicular Network / Chapter 1.11.6. --- Car parking and Drop off / Chapter 1.11.7. --- Pedestrian Network / Chapter 1.11.8. --- Existing Zoning / Chapter Part II --- Future State / Chapter 2.1. --- Mission for Level 1 / Chapter 2.2. --- Planning Process and Considerations / Chapter 2.3. --- Planning Issues / Chapter 2.4. --- Planning Framework / Chapter 2.4.1. --- Conceptual Diagram / Chapter 2.4.2. --- Area Subdivision / Chapter 2.4.3. --- Lot Subdivision / Chapter 2.4.4. --- Zoning / Chapter 2.4.5. --- Floor Area Ratio / Chapter 2.4.6. --- Open Air Market Streets / Chapter 2.4.7. --- Activity Nodes / Chapter 2.4.8. --- Pedestrian Network / Chapter 2.4.9. --- Pedestrain Network Linking Nodes / Chapter 2.4.10. --- Vehicular Network / Chapter 2.4.11. --- Car parking and Drop off / Chapter 2.4.12. --- Vertical Zoning / Chapter 2.5. --- Redevelopment Design Guidelines / Chapter 2.5.0. --- Introduction / Chapter 2.5.1. --- Building Design / Chapter 2.5.2. --- Open Space / Chapter 2.5.3. --- Open Air Market Streets / Chapter 2.6. --- The Proposed Infilled Redevelopment by LDC / Chapter 2.7. --- The Project 5 / Chapter 2.7.1. --- The Client / Chapter 2.7.2. --- Project Brief / Chapter 2.7.3. --- The Users / Chapter 2.8. --- Mission and Goals for Level 2 / Chapter 2.9. --- Schedule of Accommodations / Chapter 2.10. --- Constriants under the Planning Framework / Chapter 2.11. --- Design response to the Design Guidelines / Chapter 2.12. --- Other Ideas / Chapter Part III --- The Process / Chapter 3.1. --- Episode 1 - A Proposed Story / Chapter 3.2. --- Episode 2 -The Analysis / Chapter 3.3. --- Episode 3 - Level 1 / Chapter 3.4. --- Episode 4 - Level 2 Under Construction / Chapter 3.5. --- Episode 5 - The Final / Chapter Part IV --- Appendix / Chapter 4.1. --- Precedents / Chapter 4.1.1. --- "Spar City, Southern Pacific, Culver City, Los Angeles, Eric Owen Moss" / Chapter 4.1.2. --- "Samitaur, Culver City, Los Angeles, Eric Owen Moss" / Chapter 4.1.3. --- "Takahama Mosaic, Building Department, Takenaka Corp." / Chapter 4.1.4. --- Revitalization of Commercial Heritage Precincts and the Traditional Main Streets in Australian Cities & Towns / Chapter 4.1.5. --- "Pet Bird Theme Park at Yuen Po Street, Mong Kong, Hong Kong, Chung Wah Nan Architects" / Chapter 4.2. --- Special Studies on Prewar Buildings / Chapter 4.3. --- An Anthropological Approach - The Urban Village in Central / Chapter 4.4. --- References

Li Wai Chung Owen. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / Chapter A. --- Rationale / Chapter B. --- Introduction / Chapter C. --- Existing state / Chapter 1.0 --- Background / Chapter 1.1 --- Social / Chapter 1.2 --- Historical / Chapter 1.3 --- Cultural / Chapter 1.4 --- Political / Chapter 1.5 --- Summary / Chapter 2.0 --- Physical Condition / Chapter 2.1 --- Geography / Chapter 2.2 --- Site / Chapter 2.3 --- Climate / Chapter 2.4 --- Significant Built Structure / Chapter 2.5 --- Site Feature / Chapter 2.6 --- Summary / Chapter 3.0 --- Client/ End-user / Chapter 3.1 --- Organization of Land Development Corporation / Chapter 3.2 --- Demography of the Community / Chapter 3.3 --- Summary / Chapter 4.0 --- Constraints / Chapter 4.1 --- Codes / Chapter 4.2 --- Master Plan / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary / Chapter D. --- Hypothesis of District Centre / Chapter 1.0 --- Mission Statement / Chapter 2.0 --- Goal Sentences / Chapter 3.0 --- Issues & Performances / Chapter 3.1 --- Interaction / Chapter 3.2 --- Identity / Chapter 3.3 --- Sustainability / Chapter E. --- Future State of Wan Chai District Centre / Chapter 1.0 --- Mission Statement / Chapter 2.0 --- Goal Sentences / Chapter 3.0 --- Issues / Chapter 4.0 --- Performance Requirements & Conceptual Strategies / Chapter 4.1 --- Interaction / Chapter 4.2 --- Identity / Chapter 4.3 --- Sustainability / Chapter 4.4 --- Circulation / Chapter 5.0 --- Summaries / Chapter 5.1 --- Spaces / Chapter 5.2 --- Budget / Chapter 6.0 --- Conclusion / Chapter 6.1 --- Themes / Chapter 6.2 --- Organizing Concepts / Chapter 6.3 --- Phasing Plans / Chapter F. --- Design Development / Chapter 1.0 --- Parameters / Chapter 1.1 --- Original Residents & Business / Chapter 1.2 --- Pedestrian & Traffic / Chapter 1.3 --- Activities & Functional Distribution / Chapter 1.4 --- Coping with Future Development / Chapter 2.0 --- Preliminary Options / Chapter 3.0 --- Development / Chapter 3.1 --- Street / Chapter 3.2 --- Massing / Chapter 4.0 --- In Search of Design Method / Chapter G. --- Afterwords / Chapter H. --- Appendix / Chapter I. --- Research Studies / Chapter II. --- Case Studies / Chapter III --- Int e r v i e ws / Chapter IV. --- Miscellaneous / Chapter V. --- Bibiography