System of Open Spaces

Concrete Project Strategies for Urban Territories
2013
ISBN: 978-1-4614-4351-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

In the current panorama of urban growth and planning in many urban territories of western societies, open spaces are residual spaces of urban occupation or are reserved for eventual occupation. Open spaces have been viewed in this manner in the earlier stages of the compact city and especially now, in a time of the dispersed territories characterized by discontinuity, heterogeneity, and fragmentation.

The disciplinary perspectives of ecology, geology, landscape architecture, and urbanism, but also public opinion, have for some time promoted the conservation and protection of the most valuable natural spaces, and efforts have been made to remove such spaces from the real estate market. However, such positions, usually radical, are insufficient for territorial equilibrium and inevitably lead to the progressive disappearance of valuable natural spaces.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tardin, Raquel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Conceptual Questions.- Characterization of the Territorial Unit.- Recognition of Open Spaces and their Urban Context: open spaces to be analyzed and roles that they can play in integrating urban occupation.- Analysis and Evaluation of the Attributes of Open Spaces: identifying possible spaces of project opportunity and their situation in the territory.- Proposals of Concrete Project Strategies: planning the system of open spaces and restructuring the urban territory.- Conclusion.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Tardin, Raquel
Raquel Tardin is an architect and urbanist. She completed her PhD at Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña in Barcelona and is currently a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the area of landscape and environment, as part of the Graduate Programme in Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of articles on landscape and spatial planning and co-author of a book on landscape architecture in Brazil. Her research is focused on the analysis, evaluation, planning, design, and management of the landscape.