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An Analysis of the Evolution of Urban Morphology and Residential Building Typology In Relation to the Invention and Mass Production of the Automobile: Effects on a Suburban Community Over Time

Charlton-Perkins, Katherine Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217860147

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2008, MCP, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Community Planning.
Throughout history since the early 1900s it is apparent that residential building typologies and street network patterns have been greatly influenced by the presence of the automobile. As time progresses, planner, developers, and architects are finding it considerably more difficult to ensure developments that are pedestrian friendly, attractive and uncompromising to the automobile. It is one of the most pressing problems that planners, those particularly involved in site planning today face. There have been alternative development recommendations such as the planting of trees to "hide the car parking areas", segregation of parking spaces, and the planting of trees over medians to encourage the coexistence of the automobile and green space (Dr. Mahyar Arefi, pers.Comm.). The background in this study comes at a monumental time in planning. The pace of development in the United States of America is considerably rampant. In some areas, studies have shown that there is more development than an equivalent population (Dr. Mahyar Arefi, pers.Comm.). The automobile has shaped American landscapes in such a way that no other presence has in the history of planning. Now current trends in development are catering to the presence of the automobile. Values have changed because of the automobile and they will continue to change as pressures for more sustainable planning and development occur. As Americans will begin to embrace walk ability, connectivity, and other idiosyncrasies such as safer streets and enclosed safe play areas for children, planning will begin to focus development on a pleasurable coexistence between the automobile and surrounding landscapes. It is unlikely that the dependency on the automobile will change in the near future to such a great extent, however, there will be sensitive treatments to planning as we have now become aware of the serendipity of having the ability to walk safely to several nodes of necessity within the built environment. Planners will begin to achieve a compromise in planning, development and architecture around the automobile and its ultimate demand for impervious surface in our built environment and continuously altering landscapes. The proposed master's thesis research project will establish whether there is a significant impact on residential housing typology and street network patterns throughout time with a concise relationship to the invention and mass production of the automobile. This thesis will particularly address the Southeast portion of Hamilton County consisting of Anderson Township, Mt. Washington, and Newtown. This research will demonstrate the changing fabric of development and morphology over time. In addition to this; yet another appropriate example of the use and application of Arc GIS 9.2 and its uses and implications for advancing the field of planning will be demonstrated. Considering the broad scope of this research, it should be of interest to planners, architects, architectural historians, historians, geographers, preservationists, developers, and citizens.
Menelaos Triantafillou, MLA, AICP, ASLA (Committee Chair)
David Edelman, PhD (Committee Member)
Kiril Stanilov, PhD (Committee Member)
Emily Jarzen, MA (Committee Member)
96 p.
Area Planning and Development

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  • Charlton-Perkins, K. M. (2008). An Analysis of the Evolution of Urban Morphology and Residential Building Typology In Relation to the Invention and Mass Production of the Automobile: Effects on a Suburban Community Over Time [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217860147

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Charlton-Perkins, Katherine. An Analysis of the Evolution of Urban Morphology and Residential Building Typology In Relation to the Invention and Mass Production of the Automobile: Effects on a Suburban Community Over Time. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217860147.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Charlton-Perkins, Katherine. "An Analysis of the Evolution of Urban Morphology and Residential Building Typology In Relation to the Invention and Mass Production of the Automobile: Effects on a Suburban Community Over Time." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1217860147

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