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Author(s) -
Puglisi Luigi Prestinenza
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.452
Subject(s) - gold coast , ecology , disturbance (geology) , environmental ethics , geography , sociology , engineering , environmental resource management , archaeology , environmental science , geology , philosophy , biology , 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.