Curating Sustainable Urban Development: A Study on Green Infrastructure in Compact Cities PhD candidate: Lixu Liu Supervisors: Dr Robert Schmidt-III; Dr Falli Palaiologou Date: 06-12-2018 Name: Lixu Liu Email: l.liu4@lboro.ac.uk 1 School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Overview 1 Background 2 Research frame 3 Aims and objectives 4 Compact city 5 Green infrastructure 6 Methodology 7 Gantt chart 2
Intensify Background Urban development Urbanisation Urban sprawl Socio-economic development Economic structural changes Economic growth Rapid population growth Human immigration Transport changes Transformation of landscape Urban development Multi-dimensional process of changes On- going process Urbanization Multi-dimensional process Modifying landscape Increasing per capita energy Resource consumption Influencing the environment Increasing human population Changing land cover Degradation of natural ecosystems Greenhouse gas emissions Loss of green space Massive loss of arable land Demanding of new physical and social infrastructure Traffic congestion Rapid population migration Uncontrolled expansion of urban area Problems Urban sprawl Determents Reduce urban sprawl Redesign of the built environment Effective planning and design Reducing average commuting length Economic factors Policy factors Social factors Urban planning factors Demographic factors 3
Research frame Urban development Sustainable Urban development 4
Research frame Urban development Sustainable Urban development 5
Aims and objectives 6
Compact city A sustainable urban form Compact city Urban sprawl form The compact city concept is proposed as an approach that could end the evil of urban sprawl (Beatley, 1995, p. 384; De Roo, 2000). The compact city concept is therefore most of all spatial concept with the intention of intensifying the use of existing urban space as much as possible, thereby improving the quality of urban life and sparing the countryside. a form and scale appropriate to walking, cycling and efficient public transport, and with compactness that encourages social interaction. Chen et al. (2008) proposed that the compact city concept has three main characteristics, namely: density, mix of uses and pedestrian-oriented habitation. 7
Green Infrastructure a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas with other environmental features designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services. Structure Component Function 8
Green Infrastructure Two features Network- structure Benedict (2006) and Ahern(2007) Ecosystem services- functions Definition Ecosystem functions are the physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in ecosystems that are necessary for its selfmaintenance (Turner and Chapin, 2005) Model for linking Ecosystems to Human well-being; According to Hansen and Pauleit (2014) and De Groot et al. (2002) 9
Two characteristics: Green Infrastructure Spatial scale: determine the GI components; Planning intention: help to design and plan GI The High Line Besides existing components found in urban settings, there are many potential spaces that can be designed as GI components; for example, The High Line, which is an elevated freight rail line transformed into a public park on Manhattan s West side. This project provides an example of creating GI components by using the concept of parks. 10
Methodology Theoretical perspective in this research; According to Tashakkori and Teddlie (1998, p.23) Working framework GI model or GI guideline 11
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SIX-MONTH PROGRAM OF WORK 01/2018 03/2018 05/2018 08/2018 10/2018 01/2019 03/2019 06/2019 08/2019 11/2019 01/2020 04/2020 06/2020 09/2020 11/2020 01/2021 Pre-preparation for academic process Identify research area and interests Explore available recources Hypothesis based on interets Propose conceptual research questions Propsoe research aims and objectives Reading and document Basic research skills - Classes Build general framework of research Six-month reports- based on literatures Recording and organising all information Reading and document Refine research questions Refine research aims and objectives Propose reseach Project Structure Build framework of research Develop a coherent and rigorous research plan First year report Fieldwork Design the structure of fieldwork Identify the typical UGI of cities Anaylsis and an evolve a framework of UGI Case study Select 1-2 cities of developing counties Organize and collect data of these cities Apply research results to a cities of developing countries Evolved the framework of UGI Thesis writing Summarize proposed results systematically put forward a reasonable solution to optimize the UGI to curating a sustainable urban development Thank you very much! Gaps identification 14
SIX-MONTH PROGRAM OF WORK 01/2018 03/2018 05/2018 08/2018 10/2018 01/2019 03/2019 06/2019 08/2019 11/2019 01/2020 04/2020 06/2020 09/2020 11/2020 01/2021 Pre-preparation for academic process Identify research area and interests Explore available recources Hypothesis based on interets Propose conceptual research questions Propsoe research aims and objectives Reading and document Basic research skills - Classes Build general framework of research Six-month reports- based on literatures Recording and organising all information Reading and document Refine research questions Refine research aims and objectives Propose reseach Project Structure Build framework of research Develop a coherent and rigorous research plan First year report Fieldwork Design the structure of fieldwork Identify the typical UGI of cities Anaylsis and an evolve a framework of UGI Case study Select 1-2 cities of developing counties Organize and collect data of these cities Apply research results to a cities of developing countries Evolved the framework of UGI Thesis writing Summarize proposed results systematically put forward a reasonable solution to optimize the UGI to curating a sustainable urban development Thank you very much! Gaps identification 15
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