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Evaluating sustainability of community designs

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dc.contributor.authorHenden, Linda I.en
dc.contributor.committeechairMiller, Patrick A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSkabelund, Lee R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHull, Robert Bruce IVen
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:44:16Zen
dc.date.adate2008-09-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:44:16Zen
dc.date.issued1996-07-05en
dc.date.rdate2008-09-04en
dc.date.sdate2008-09-04en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the meaning of sustainability, in both philosophical and practical terms, as it applies to community design. It clarifies the meaning of "sustainable development" and discusses the philosophies of certain landscape design paradigms associated with postmodern environmental ethics and the concept of eco-development. Information from the literature is synthesized into design goals and objectives grounded in postmodern environmental ethics and eco-development These objectives are used as criteria with which to determine the relative sustainability of selected urban fringe communities: Cerro Gordo, Oregon; The Fields of Long Grove, Illinois; Golden, Colorado; Kentlands, Maryland; Laguna West, California; Village Homes, California; and The Woodlands, Texas. In addition, the philosophies, goals, and characteristics of the community design strategies associated with each of these projects are reviewed. A rating system is developed and employed in the community design evaluation process.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.extentx, 195 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09042008-063049en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09042008-063049/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44517en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1996.H462.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36801895en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcommunity designen
dc.subjectsustainable communitiesen
dc.subjectsuburban developmenten
dc.subjectplanningen
dc.subjectlandscape architectureen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1996.H462en
dc.titleEvaluating sustainability of community designsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineLandscape Architectureen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Landscape Architectureen

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