SHIFTING SCALES, ADJUSTING LENSES: A FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING BALTIMORE’S URBAN VACANCY

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dc.contributor.advisorChanse, Victoriaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamed, Amina Ibrahimen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPlant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA)en_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-23T05:30:21Z
dc.date.available2016-06-23T05:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses contemporary gaps of vacancy within literature by using qualitative and quantitative methods and tools to determine the quantity, location, and interspatial relationships of vacant buildings and lots located in Baltimore Maryland. Spatial analyses were conducted to answer three questions of vacancy: 1) how many vacant lots and buildings exist, 2) whether there are spatial patterns of vacancy, such as clustering around geographic locations or within watersheds, and 3) how to prioritize intervention opportunities that respond to the city's larger issues? Using the city’s vacant lot and building data-sets, two concepts emerged from these investigations. First, Utilized Landscapes as a classification system that identifies lands that serve a function but have un-traditional qualities that make them susceptible to being labeled “vacant.” Second, the development of Transitional Zones, geographical areas with a high density of vacant buildings or lots that should be prioritized.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2W785
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18454
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLandscape architectureen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledUrban planningen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledLand use planningen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBaltimoreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTransitional Zoneen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUtilized Landscapeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvacancyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvacant buildingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvacant loten_US
dc.titleSHIFTING SCALES, ADJUSTING LENSES: A FRAMEWORK FOR INVESTIGATING BALTIMORE’S URBAN VACANCYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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