The peri-urban Region of Madrid
The peri-urban Region of Madrid, Spain by Itziar León
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Rationale: Why is this case study interesting?
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Author's perspective
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Landscape and/or urban context
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Cultural/social/political context
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History
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Spatial analysis of area/project/plan
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Analysis of program/function
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Analysis of design/planning process
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Analysis of use/users
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- Is the use changing? Are there any issues?
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Cross-cutting questions
How may landscape architecture contribute to the integration of different age groups, ethnics etc. in the urban fringe?
- Integration in an urban area
- Quality of life in rur-urban areas
- Flexibility of life styles
How can the transformation process be connected with the landscape sub-typologies?
- where does rural start?
- Rur-urban
- Dynamics flows between urban and peri-urban areas
- Monitoring land-use change
How may landscape planning contribute to quality improvement?
- Aesthetic quality
- Environmental quality
- Social quality
Can the maintenance and development of agricultural land-use in urban fringes be a strategy of a greenbelt?
- Agriculture in the urban fringe
- Agriculture as a green infrastructure element
- Green infrastructure
- Creating green links for wholeness
- Greenbelt, agriculture as a part of it
Future development directions
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- Are there any future goals?
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Peer reviews or critique
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Points of success and limitations
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What can be generalized from this case study?
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Which research questions does it generate?
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