Reclaiming River Rouge,MI: An ecological approach.

详细信息   

• 作者：Hyde ; Rory Quentin.
• 学历：Master
• 年：2013
• 毕业院校：Michigan State University
• Department：Environmental Design - Master of Arts.
• ISBN：9781303629891
• CBH：1549856
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：244195553
• Pages：166

文摘

In this research based design thesis,the relationship between human and non-human ecosystems was explored through the creation of a hypothetical master plan design for the city of River Rouge,MI,USA,to remedy the current problems faced there,specifically the loss of urban density,indigenous habitat destruction,and wasteful stormwater management techniques. The design is presented through a series of plan view schematics,and images from a three-dimensional model. A Post-treatment test was conducted to evaluate the attractiveness via a visual quality analysis comparing current site photographs to created scenes. Scores were compared using an un-paired T-Test. Results show a significant improvement of visual quality when comparing mean values and also the 95% confidence intervals. Means differ by -28.18 ＋/- 5.392 (a lower/more attractive Visual Quality score). The 95% confidence interval found that the original site mean scores falls between 61.18 and 81.21,while the created mean lies within 37.15 and 48.89. The P value for this experiment was found to be less than 0.0001. Treatments utilized within this study prove promising to improve this suffering suburb of Metropolitan Detroit,MI.