dc.contributor.author	Deshpande, Amol Mukund	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Bryant, Margaret M.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Bork, Dean R.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Johnson, Benjamin C.	en
dc.contributor.department	Landscape Architecture	en
dc.coverage.city	Roanoke	en
dc.coverage.state	Virginia	en
dc.date.accessioned	2011-08-06T14:45:01Z	en
dc.date.adate	2004-01-21	en
dc.date.available	2011-08-06T14:45:01Z	en
dc.date.issued	2003-08-28	en
dc.date.rdate	2004-01-21	en
dc.date.sdate	2003-12-29	en
dc.description.abstract	After more than a century, there are very few examples of excellent interdisciplinary work in landscape architecture, like the "Emerald Necklace" designed by Frederick Law Olmsted or Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord by Peter Latz. Most of the projects still have only one purpose: they are either reserved for conservation as are the great national parks, or are planned for recreation or development that ignores natural systems. "Most...landscape designers are still inspired by and primarily focused on aesthetics; society's other major objectives are secondary for them" (Richard Forman 2002, p: 85). In 1993, American Society of Landscape Architects defined sustainable development as, "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the future." Thus designers need to understand how natural and human systems work and design for the protection of our environmental as an integral part of any development. Landscape architects can achieve this by borrowing principles of legendary works like the "Emerald Necklace" and combining those with new technology to meet changing cultural and ecological needs. This thesis asserts that sustainable development should be achieved by reconciling human systems and its effects on the surrounding environment by using and revealing natural systems to spread consciousness and earn attention and care for our environment. Suitability analysis by Ian McHarg, Bioregionalism by Clair Reiniger, Regenerative design process by Lyle, and Framework for ecological design by Prof. Carl Steinitz are various design processes to create developments, which can respond to both natural and human needs. The thesis project, Riverside Park and Biomedical Complex in the South Jefferson Redevelopment Area in Roanoke, VA, explores how a design process, consisted of framework for ecological design and principals of eco-revelatory design, can help to plan a sustainable development, which uses and reveals natural systems to reconciling human systems and its effects on the surrounding environment. The project demonstrates how a multidisciplinary approach towards landscape design can help to create a multifunctional design that meets the, ecological and cultural, needs of the present without compromising the future.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Landscape Architecture	en
dc.format.medium	ETD	en
dc.identifier.other	etd-12292003-105417	en
dc.identifier.sourceurl	http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12292003-105417	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9679	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.relation.haspart	11X17FloodpatternInserts.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	ThesisDocument.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	3modelsConclusion.pdf	en
dc.relation.haspart	11X17DesignInserts.pdf	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	sustainable design processes	en
dc.subject	sustainable landscape design	en
dc.subject	ecological landscape design	en
dc.title	Design Process to Integrate Natural and Human Systems	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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