FOREST NETWORK GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL CORRIDORS The existing canals and the land vacancies adjacent to it form the backbone of an ecological landscape infrastructure that serves as flood mitigation and natural corridor for wildlife, creating connections from the Mountains to the River. We look at the unbuilt as “potentially an event of equal intensity to the built, where the built is indicative of cultural intensity, and the unbuilt of ecological intensity� (Viljoen, A., 53) In the mountains a reforestation strategy would return the damaged hillsides to their original state and help control soil erosion and drainage on the slopes. They also serve the important function of carbon sequestration and the restoration of habitats. In the city urban forests form part of a series of parks and open spaces that engage with the city. This open space network creates numerous recreational benefits for the city and enhances the opportunities for residents to engage with the two most
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STATE MASTERPLAN
POP= 100/HA 770 HA
dominant landscape elements in their site, the Yongding River and the Mountains. The variety of urban experiences that occur along the length of these corridors will provide numerous opportunities to engage with the varying topography of the site. Exploring a variety of density scenarios allowed us to increase the widths of these corridors until the minimum 300 meters was reached, which according to The principles of Wildlife Corridor Design by Monica Bond is the recommended width for these corridors. (2003, 2) The existing valley will form the main north to south ecological corridor through the city and provide unique habitats for animals in its numerous wetlands which serve to capture overflow from the water storage system and the canals allowing the east west corridors to feed into it and subdividing the city into a series of neighborhoods.
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BROOKLYN DENSITY
POP= 135/HA 570 HA
WEAVE RETHINKING THE URBAN SURFACE
POP= 284/HA 271 HA
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DELHI DENSITY
Density studies were used to condense the footprint of the new development allowing for the widening of the ecological 250 500corridors 1000