A phenomenological understanding of an image of a city: touching water in waterfront cities

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dc.contributor.authorIshii, Nobuyukien
dc.contributor.committeechairKelsch, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMiller, Patrick A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberArceneaux, Kathleen D.en
dc.contributor.departmentLandscape Architectureen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:34:12Zen
dc.date.adate2009-04-18en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:34:12Zen
dc.date.issued1991-12-05en
dc.date.rdate2009-04-18en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-18en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to grasp the creation of an image of a city, taking the case of waterfront cities where the presence of water becomes a sense of place. A phenomenological method was employed for investigating actual waterfront cities: Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Although a single method has yet to be established for studying a sense of place, phenomenology was adopted because it deals with the relationship between an environment and the experience of that environment. This thesis found some common qualities between these cities in their forms. These qualities seem to have a certain relationship to the creation of the images of these waterfront cities. This study also brought up the question of how to evaluate personal experiences phenomenologically. They are related to the basis of this thesis. This shows us the difficulty of practicing the phenomenology and the profundity of studying an image of a city. At the same time, it is a step for further study.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Landscape Architectureen
dc.format.extentviii, 158 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04182009-041322en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04182009-041322/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42149en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.I845.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25923070en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.I845en
dc.subject.lcshWaterfronts -- California -- San Franciscoen
dc.subject.lcshWaterfronts -- Illinois -- Chicagoen
dc.subject.lcshWaterfronts -- Massachusetts -- Bostonen
dc.titleA phenomenological understanding of an image of a city: touching water in waterfront citiesen
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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