dc.contributor.author |
Neaimeh, Roger Atef, |
dc.date.accessioned |
2017-08-30T14:15:51Z |
dc.date.available |
2017-08-30T14:15:51Z |
dc.date.issued |
2016 |
dc.date.submitted |
2016 |
dc.identifier.other |
b1869469x |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/10944 |
dc.description |
Thesis. M.U.D. American University of Beirut. Department of Architecture and Design , 2016. ET:T:6449 |
dc.description |
Advisor : Dr. Yaser Abunnasr, Assistant Professor, Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management ; Members of Committee : Dr. Mona Harb, Professor, Architecture and Design ; Dr. Omar AbdulAziz Hallaj, Visiting Assistant Professor, Architecture and Design. |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-69) |
dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 209-213) |
dc.description.abstract |
Unrestrained growth of settlements in Lebanese mountains is fragmenting and undermining spatial relationships between the built and natural environments. One of the main factors driving this growth is the outdated and real estate centered zoning plans for town and cities. This growth is leading to the fast paced loss of cultural and ecological landscapes gradually transforming mountains into built landscapes. This thesis requestions the tool of zoning by adopting an ecological and place-based approach to propose a new zoning plan for the town of Jezzine, Lebanon. By combining ecological design principles, landscape character assessment, and place-based tools in a GIS environment. Areas that are culturally meaningful to the residents and ecologically sensitive were identified and mapped. This outcome was overlaid on the current zoning plan (2015) to develop a new zoning plan for Jezzine. Areas were proposed to be protected and conserved while guiding development. The proposed zoning plan includes 36 zones (an increase of 22 zones). The zones were named with culturally meaningful titles with guideline descriptions of each. The results provide a new approach to zoning in Lebanon that guides development and protects sensitive areas. |
dc.format.extent |
1 online resource (xviii, 213 leaves) : illustrations (some color) ; maps |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
ET:006449 |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Ecological landscape design -- Lebanon -- Jezzine. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Landscape design -- Lebanon -- Jezzine. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Zoning -- Lebanon -- Jezzine. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
City planning -- Lebanon -- Jezzine. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Regional planning -- Lebanon -- Jezzine. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Land use -- Lebanon -- Jezzine -- Planning. |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Jezzine (Lebanon) |
dc.title |
An integrated ecological and place-based landscape approach to rethinking zoning in Jezzine, Lebanon - |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. |
dc.contributor.department |
Department of Architecture and Design, |
dc.contributor.institution |
American University of Beirut. |