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Nature and urban form
a comparative environmental history of the hills in Perth, Western Australia, and Marka in Oslo, Norway
Christian Meyer
Art der Arbeit
Masterarbeit
Universität
Universität Wien
Fakultät
Fakultät für Geowissenschaften, Geographie und Astronomie
Betreuer*in
Françoise Noel
DOI
10.25365/thesis.16842
URN
urn:nbn:at:at-ubw:1-30148.74511.960865-5
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Abstracts
Abstract
(Englisch)
During the last century, views on nature in general, and on natural areas close to urban centres in particular, have changed drastically. Landscapes adjacent to cities were long seen as a resource, a productive hinterland supporting the city. This view on nature has become increasingly questioned. In post-industrial, ’Western’ cities urban natures as landscapes are now spaces of leisure and aesthetics rather than spaces of industry and production.
This general shift in the perception and use of urban natures has had great repercussions for how cities are spatially planned and laid out. At hand of the environmental histories (19th century to present day) of the Hills area in Perth, Australia and Marka in Oslo, Norway, this thesis posits that new views and uses of nature have heavily influenced the form of urban expansion in the two cities. For the Perth case study, suburban living is used as a main point of reference in which various views on, and activites in urban nature, are expressed. For the Oslo case study, outdoor sports are examined as a regulator of urban expansion.
Various qualitative methods are applied, including literary analysis of prose, critical analysis of urban strategic plans, and literature reviews of local texts on history. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in both cities to explore current conflicts relating to urban expansion and human relations to the natural environment.
Schlagwörter
Schlagwörter
(Englisch)
urban studies Perth Oslo nature landscape urban planning suburbia
Schlagwörter
(Deutsch)
Urbanistik Perth Oslo Natur Landschaft Landschaftswahrnehnumg Städtebau Stadplanung
Autor*innen
Christian Meyer
Haupttitel (Englisch)
Nature and urban form
Hauptuntertitel (Englisch)
a comparative environmental history of the hills in Perth, Western Australia, and Marka in Oslo, Norway
Paralleltitel (Deutsch)
Natur und urbane Form
Publikationsjahr
2011
Umfangsangabe
108 S. : Ill., Kt.
Sprache
Englisch
Beurteiler*in
Françoise Noel
Klassifikationen
15 Geschichte > 15.07 Kulturgeschichte ,
15 Geschichte > 15.62 Skandinavien, Nordeuropa ,
15 Geschichte > 15.95 Australien, Neuseeland, Ozeanien ,
74 Geographie > 74.11 Kulturlandschaft ,
74 Geographie > 74.12 Stadtgeographie, Siedlungsgeographie ,
74 Geographie > 74.12 Stadtgeographie, Siedlungsgeographie
AC Nummer
AC09003447
Utheses ID
15096
Studienkennzahl
UA | 066 | 664 | |