As cities across the world have grown and continue to grow in many ways and for many reasons,
it is anticipated that the growth of population will come from all over the world. In turn, it will
influence on our urban environment economically, socially, culturally, and ecologically. Like other
cities, London is making a plan -creating 326,000 new homes and 776,000 jobs - to tackle issues of
the city. A series of new emerging developments across London will contribute to the changing face
of the city.
A lot of interventions spreading through the city are focused on the economic forces and to take advantages
of real estate of London by projecting offices, apartment which is mostly market-housing,
and hotels. They swept away existing contexts and replaced with higher density buildings obtaining
large profits, building high rise, filling gaps between buildings with gated car parks on the ground
floors, and building over open spaces. Ground floors remain blind, and tall office blocks make the
overshadowed open square inhospitable and wind turbulence. Most initiatives do not seem to contribute
to urban life, but may possibly become the slums of tomorrow.
Now, it is time to think about how to make sense of an environment which is safe, pleasant and
healthy with a sense of identity, and how to contribute to neighborhoods, visitors and new comers.
In dense inner city area, since place is an invitation where neighborhood meets city, urban design
must meet needs of commuters, visitors, travelers, and residents equally by combining place,
amenity, and movement. Therefore, this study is to investigate ‘How city’s agenda combine with,
and support local neighborhood needs’, and to redefine the quality of city life through qualities of
comfort, accessibility, amenity, education, experience, and nature. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22826 |
| Date | 03 January 2014 |
| Creators | Yun, Jihye |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works. |
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