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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1865-0859
Access Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Landscape Architecture
Degree Type
Master of Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2021
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
With rapid urban sprawl, comes new challenges to the trends in urbanization. The recent trends in urban development bring urban systems and urban experiences into daily contact with natural habitats. So, it is extremely important to consider natural systems in play while designing for an Urban ecosystem, which is one of the principles of Landscape Urbanism. It is a design practice that intervenes Natural landscape and habitation to form an integrative systems approach. This thesis is built upon approaching an urban riverfront development project through the perspective of Landscape Urbanism. It aims at developing design strategies for the ecological restoration of River Tapi and an environmentally efficient riverfront.
The site context is carefully studied and analyzed through literature review, history, mapping analysis, public survey, on-site observation, and activity mapping. The complex concerns that emerge out of context study are strategically organized as a system of categories. Building upon these categories is design interventions to combat those. These interventions are then validated through a prototype site design which can be used as a module to further rejuvenate River Tapi and develop the riverfront.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/23341618.0
First Advisor
Carey Clouse
Second Advisor
Samantha Solano
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Desai, Kinjal, "River Tapi Rejuvenation: Elevating the Ecological Corridor of Surat City" (2021). Masters Theses. 1044.
https://doi.org/10.7275/23341618.0
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1044