CITY NEIGHBORHOOD and OAK SAVANNA by NANCY M
CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OAK SAVANNA by NANCY M. ATEN (Under the Direction of Darrel Morrison) ABSTRACT Ecological landscape rehabilitation is explored in cities, especially the significance of scale, and the sense of place that is encouraged through the use of an indigenous vegetation model. The natural landscape and natural processes in cities have been modified beyond recognition, simplified, and obscured; however, the dependence of people on those processes and resources remains in a critical, tenuous, and not completely understood balance. In process-based ecological restoration, considerations of scale are related to ecosystem spatial characteristics and potential connectivity of restored patches. In cities, with unbuilt ground in very small fragments, the idea of a whole ecological landscape integrated with dense human population encourages consideration of larger scale rehabilitation. A process of ecological rehabilitation at a neighborhood scale is suggested, toward “success” in ecological and social terms, by considering case study neighborhoods in central city Milwaukee, their characteristics relevant to landscape rehabilitation, and oak savanna as a vegetation model. INDEX WORDS: Urban Ecology, Oak Savanna, Ecological Restoration, Landscape Scale, Milwaukee CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OAK SAVANNA by NANCY M. ATEN B. S., University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, 1981 M. S., Stanford University, 1982 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The University of Georgia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ATHENS, GEORGIA 2003 © 2003 Nancy M. Aten All Rights Reserved CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OAK SAVANNA by NANCY M. ATEN Major Professor: Darrel Morrison Committee: Ian Firth Kathleen Parker Susan Mudd Electronic Version Approved: Maureen Grasso Dean of the Graduate School The University of Georgia May 2003 DEDICATION For the poet in my life, who shares and inspires my hope and passion.
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