dc.contributor.author	Boonyanunt, Charaspim	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Clements, Terry L.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Jacobson, Wendy R.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Dyck, Robert G.	en
dc.contributor.department	Landscape Architecture	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-14T20:52:24Z	en
dc.date.adate	1997-10-15	en
dc.date.available	2014-03-14T20:52:24Z	en
dc.date.issued	1996-12-11	en
dc.date.rdate	1997-10-15	en
dc.date.sdate	1996-12-11	en
dc.description.abstract	This thesis studies New Urbanism, a movement intending to address the problems of the American suburbs and create pleasing and livable communities. The focus is on the Traditional Neighborhood Design concept (TND), one of the five types of New Urbanism developed in the late 1980's by architects Andre Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The goal of this thesis is to develop the best community design concept, with a basis in the TND concept, which responds to local cultural and physical environments. The study is comprised of two approaches: a literature review and a design approach. In the first three chapters, the findings of the literature review are shown. There include (1) the history, structure, and problems of the American suburbs, (2) the theory and types of New Urbanism community structures, and (3) the characteristics of TNDs. At the end of Chapter 3 the TND concept is analyzed using four criteria comprised, uses and activities, public space, circulation and typological characteristics of architecture, as well as a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the TND concept are summarized. In Chapter 4 the development of a TND plan for the New Town of Williamsburg is shown, which includes the context of the site, history of Colonial Williamsburg, site inventory, site analysis, design concept, and design development. The design concept was developed from the findings of the site analysis and the improved TND concept. The conclusions in Chapter 5 provide an overview of this thesis, findings of both the research and design part, lessons from this thesis, and areas for future research	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Landscape Architecture	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-81497-231124	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-81497-231124/	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36980	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
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dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	New Urbanism	en
dc.subject	Neotraditional Neighborhood Design	en
dc.subject	Landscape Architecture	en
dc.subject	Urban Planning	en
dc.subject	Community Design	en
dc.title	The New Town of Williamsburg: A Study of the New Urbanism	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Landscape Architecture	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Landscape Architecture	en

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