Beyond ecological modelling: Ground-truthing connectivity conservation networks through a design charrette in Western Australia

Kilbane, S; Weller, R; Hobbs, R

Beyond ecological modelling: Ground-truthing connectivity conservation networks through a design charrette in Western Australia

Kilbane, S

Weller, R Hobbs, R

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Citation:: Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-02-22

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dc.contributor.author	Kilbane, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-9379	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Weller, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hobbs, R	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:09:54Z
dc.date.issued	2014-02-22	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Landscape and Urban Planning, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0169-2046	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/99728
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Globally, connectivity conservation projects exist across all inhabited continents. Typically created through Geographical Information Systems and modelling processes at regional and even continental scales, these projects are seldom evaluated or 'ground-truthed' for their potential application at the local level where land use is fully allocated and replete with human occupation. This article reviews the accuracy of one such continental-scale connectivity conservation network, the National Green Network, through assessment and redesign by a design charrette at the local scale in York, Western Australia. Breaking with traditional process, this research considered the National Green Network model not as a final plan, but as point of departure for an iterative adjustment and redesign process through the charrette and an additional detailed design stage. Commonplace in architecture and urban planning disciplines, the application of charrettes to connectivity conservation design offers the benefits of improving design accuracy and enhancing their potential for implementation through providing valuable feedback and iterative design adjustment. The fine-tuning conducted by this research enabled the design to factor in human land-uses and influences across complex landscapes, while considering in a critical manner cultural factors that could also influence the system's design and its success. The framing of the network as green infrastructure rather than as connectivity conservation in addition to further illustration by the landscape architect provided a spectrum of both ecological and cultural outcomes across the case study landscape, demonstrating potential impacts and opportunities offered through a series of spatially accurate and ground-truthed plans.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Landscape and Urban Planning	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.05.001	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Urban & Regional Planning	en_US
dc.title	Beyond ecological modelling: Ground-truthing connectivity conservation networks through a design charrette in Western Australia	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.publication-status	Accepted	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Globally, connectivity conservation projects exist across all inhabited continents. Typically created through Geographical Information Systems and modelling processes at regional and even continental scales, these projects are seldom evaluated or 'ground-truthed' for their potential application at the local level where land use is fully allocated and replete with human occupation. This article reviews the accuracy of one such continental-scale connectivity conservation network, the National Green Network, through assessment and redesign by a design charrette at the local scale in York, Western Australia. Breaking with traditional process, this research considered the National Green Network model not as a final plan, but as point of departure for an iterative adjustment and redesign process through the charrette and an additional detailed design stage. Commonplace in architecture and urban planning disciplines, the application of charrettes to connectivity conservation design offers the benefits of improving design accuracy and enhancing their potential for implementation through providing valuable feedback and iterative design adjustment. The fine-tuning conducted by this research enabled the design to factor in human land-uses and influences across complex landscapes, while considering in a critical manner cultural factors that could also influence the system's design and its success. The framing of the network as green infrastructure rather than as connectivity conservation in addition to further illustration by the landscape architect provided a spectrum of both ecological and cultural outcomes across the case study landscape, demonstrating potential impacts and opportunities offered through a series of spatially accurate and ground-truthed plans.

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