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In a post-industrial world one of the foci of urbanism has been on the regeneration of former industrial sites along urban rivers. This is a contemporary urban design issue that needs further attention, especially in relation to urban forms and design interventions. This paper sets out to contribute to research in design by reviewing past theories and practices in order to inform the formation of conceptual ideas. These are of importance to inform practice and ensure responsive and responsible processes in planning and design. Such a review has hitherto been lacking, but with a renewed interest in urban densification, research in the design of cities is required. Thus, this paper provides a critical assessment of theories, which are identified and categorised in relation to urban riverside regeneration. For this study, urban design is considered as a craft requiring ‘savoir faire’ to ensure the functionality and quality of urban spaces. Transferable principles and ideas are identified in relation to the specific characteristics of riverside locations contributing to the definition of a ‘riverside urbanity’. It provides a theoretical framework identifying types of riverside landscapes, including the relationship between urban forms and river corridors.
Laurence Pattacini. Urban Design and Rivers: A Critical Review of Theories Devising Planning and Design Concepts to Define Riverside Urbanity. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7039 .
AMA StyleLaurence Pattacini. Urban Design and Rivers: A Critical Review of Theories Devising Planning and Design Concepts to Define Riverside Urbanity. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7039.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaurence Pattacini. 2021. "Urban Design and Rivers: A Critical Review of Theories Devising Planning and Design Concepts to Define Riverside Urbanity." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7039.
Typomorphological analysis has been used to study building types, but it is seldom applied to open spaces. This paper argues that the same systematic and rigorous approach can be applied to define public open spaces. It explores the potential of the application of a systematic analysis of types and forms to define urban landscapes. Drawing on existing literature, this paper identifies specific attributes related to urban landscape elements including formal and spatial aspects. This paper highlights the potential of open space networks to respond to the contemporary challenges facing urban designers working to create better places to live in. This paper contributes to the field of design research through the development of a method of survey and analysis to inform design decision-making processes. Its significance lies in proposing a comprehensive framework to contribute to a more detailed definition of urban landscape character and inform the development of sustainable urban strategies.
Laurence Pattacini. Defining public open spaces: an investigation framework to inform planning and design decision-making processes. Landscape Research 2021, 1 -20.
AMA StyleLaurence Pattacini. Defining public open spaces: an investigation framework to inform planning and design decision-making processes. Landscape Research. 2021; ():1-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaurence Pattacini. 2021. "Defining public open spaces: an investigation framework to inform planning and design decision-making processes." Landscape Research , no. : 1-20.
Laurence Pattacini. Landscape and Quality of Life. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2021, 1 -6.
AMA StyleLaurence Pattacini. Landscape and Quality of Life. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2021; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaurence Pattacini. 2021. "Landscape and Quality of Life." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 1-6.
Laurence Pattacini. “The Planetary Garden” and other writings. Modern & Contemporary France 2017, 25, 1 -2.
AMA StyleLaurence Pattacini. “The Planetary Garden” and other writings. Modern & Contemporary France. 2017; 25 (2):1-2.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaurence Pattacini. 2017. "“The Planetary Garden” and other writings." Modern & Contemporary France 25, no. 2: 1-2.
Outdoor environment There are various definitions related to different professions and usages. The word itself comes from the Dutch landskip, used first to define a painting of a natural scenery; it was then used to refer to the scenery itself by John Milton in the seventeenth century (OED, Bourassa, 1991). Geographers have used the word landscape to define “an area made up of a distant association of forms, both physical and cultural” (Leighly, 1963, p 321) while the humanistic geographer Denis Cosgrove defines it as “the integration of natural and human phenomena which can be empirically verified and analysed by the methods of scientific enquiry over a delimited portion of the earth’s surface” (1984, p. 9). Since 2000, the definition adopted by professionals and academics in the environmental studies and landscape design fields is the definition contained in the European Landscape Convention: “an area as perceived by people, whose character is the r ...
Laurence Pattacini. Landscape and Quality of Life. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research 2014, 3497 -3502.
AMA StyleLaurence Pattacini. Landscape and Quality of Life. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. 2014; ():3497-3502.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLaurence Pattacini. 2014. "Landscape and Quality of Life." Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research , no. : 3497-3502.