“Connectivity” in urban rivers: Conflict and convergence between ecology and design

May, Rachel

doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2006.09.004

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“…Nonetheless, the response to this experiment has been positive (Table 4). In the spirit of 'cognitive connectivity', the connectivity of a place and its natural ecology has to go beyond aesthetics and long term restoration to also teach about the place's cultural and ecological dynamics [27]. …”

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Mediating fragile ecologies through digital technologies for sustainable tourism

Rahman

Zubir²,

Razali³

2011

Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards III

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Natural environments such as the rainforest, mangrove and marine ecologies are part of Malaysia's natural resources. Other than being useful for their physical contents, the contexts too are highly valuable. These ecologies are priceless in the tourism industry. However, mass tourism affects these fragile ecologies in negative ways. Unchecked tourists' behaviors are known to destroy marine life such as the corals. Whilst totally stopping visitors into the fragile environments might not be practicable in the nearest future, there has to be an alternative mechanism whereby foreign intrusions into the sensitive ecologies could be toned down. This paper highlights an architectural experiment where digital technologies are utilised to mediate the highly sensitive natural environments. First, architectural design schemes are proposed within the context of the rainforest, mangrove and marine ecologies. Next the experiment looks at the tourists' receptivity towards experiencing the proposed designs within the fragile ecologies via 3D digital simulation. The results from this experiment will provide the insights into using this approach as an alternative mechanism for designing towards sustainable tourism.

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Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

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Mediating fragile ecologies through digital technologies for sustainable tourism

Rahman

Zubir²,

Razali³

2011

Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards III

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“…Los ríos usualmente conectan corriente arriba, áreas forestadas, y corriente abajo, humedales. Los bancos de los ríos sirven como caminos a lo largo de los cuales animales y plantas pueden diseminarse para acceder al agua y a los nutrientes (May, 2006). Existen varios tipos de conectividad: • Una conectividad lateral o transversal (entre la lámina de agua y el río), incluye el rol de las plantas y los animales en la lámina de agua, la geomorfología de la sedimentación y la canalización, el transporte de nutrientes, suelo, residuos, y organismos entre el agua y sus orillas.…”

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Diseño paisajístico en el trópico. Consideraciones para el caso colombiano

García¹

2012

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Diseño paisajístico en el Trópico Universidad del ValleVerónica Iglesias García Consideraciones para el caso colombianoAnte unas condiciones ambientales cada vez más críticas resulta perentoria la búsqueda de estrategias de intervención sobre los espacios que sean menos perturbadoras y a su vez restaurativas. Es allí donde el diseño del paisaje cumple un rol destacado, es el propósito de conciliar las necesidades humanas con la protección de la naturaleza, condición imprescindibles para la viabilidad de los asentamientos en el tiempo. En ese sentido, este libro aporta elementos conceptuales y practicas orientados a la sustentabilidad de las intervenciones sobre los ambientes exteriores ubicados en el contexto del trópico cálido. Que son ademas temáticas de interés para quienes tienen injerencia en el carácter de los impactos sobre el territorio. Este libro, salvo las excepciones previstas por la Ley, no puede ser reproducido por ningún medio sin previa autorización escrita por la Universidad del Valle. El contenido de esta obra corresponde al derecho de expresión del autor y no compromete el pensamiento institucional de la Universidad del Valle, ni genera responsabilidad frente a terceros. El autor es responsable del respeto a los derechos de autor del material contenido en la publicación (fotografías, ilustraciones, tablas, etc.), razón por la cual la Universidad no puede asumir ninguna responsabilidad en caso de omisiones o errores. Arquitectura y UrbanismoCali, Colombia -Julio de 2017

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“…It became a very important area to the morphological development of a city. May [1] opined that in the early phase of city development waterfronts take not only commercial significance but important cultural roles as well. The importance of the waterfront as a core area to a city is obvious as Rafferty and Holst [2] accorded during that time those who did not go to the sea, set up shops, warehouses, hotels, and offices along the waterfront.…”

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Waterfront regeneration as a sustainable approach to city development in Malaysia

Shamsuddin¹,

Latip

Sulaiman³

2008

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The morphological development of the towns and cities in Malaysia was influenced by the river, where it functioned as the main transportation system. Many of these rivers flow right through the town centres and are influential in giving character to the townscapes of the cities through the quality of views. Nevertheless, many of these rivers are in a poor state of health in terms of the water quality and have not been fully exploited in terms of their recreational potential as well as their heritage value. Of the thirteen state capital cities studied, there are three cities that have already embarked on a regeneration program to revitalize their riverfronts. However, some of the recent developments on the riverfront are considered unsustainable and insensitive to the river as a valuable asset of the city, such as the covering of the river with an open plaza and changing the natural embankment of the river to concrete banks, hence turning its image into that of a large open culvert running across the city. Many of the buildings along the river are still backing the waterfront where access both visually and physically is rather limited. This paper is going to discuss the issue of rivers as one of the significant elements that contribute to the sense of place of the city and the plight of the rivers as the city progresses into the future. The discussion is based on an urban design study of all the state capital cities in Malaysia as well as a doctoral research that looks at the issue of waterfront regeneration in the Federal Capital City of Kuala Lumpur. The paper concludes by highlighting the impact of these rivers to the sense of place of Malaysian cities and their roles in creating sustainable cities in the future.

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“Connectivity” in urban rivers: Conflict and convergence between ecology and design

Cited by 64 publications

References 4 publications

Mediating fragile ecologies through digital technologies for sustainable tourism

Mediating fragile ecologies through digital technologies for sustainable tourism

Diseño paisajístico en el trópico. Consideraciones para el caso colombiano

Waterfront regeneration as a sustainable approach to city development in Malaysia

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