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Operationalising Patch Dynamics
Author(s) -
Marshall Victoria,
McGrath Brian
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.424
Subject(s) - gold coast , ecology , dynamics (music) , patch dynamics , disturbance (geology) , geography , sociology , engineering , environmental resource management , civil engineering , archaeology , environmental science , geology , biology , ecosystem , pedagogy , paleontology
Victoria Marshall and Brian McGrath have developed and transferred the ecological model of ‘patch dynamics’ to urban landscape design. It is an approach that stresses the resilient, flexible and adaptable nature of cities, interacting with a ‘notion of disturbance ecology rather than a benign nature’. Here they apply their design approach to Hoboken, on the New Jersey Gold Coast, which, only a hop and a skip from Manhattan, directly across the Hudson from the Financial District, remains culturally and economically diverse. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.