Wetscapes: The Archipelago of Houston

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dc.contributor.advisorGeiser, Reto
dc.contributor.advisorFinley, Dawn
dc.creatorGomes Raymundo, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-21T20:42:47Z
dc.date.available2024-05-21T20:42:47Z
dc.date.created2024-05
dc.date.issued2024-04-18
dc.date.submittedMay 2024
dc.date.updated2024-05-21T20:42:47Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis engages with the phenomenon of urban sprawl and its climatic impacts. Urban sprawl is the term used to describe the unchecked and rapid expansion of cities into their surrounding areas, often at the cost of natural habitats and resources. In this work, the specificity of the term is studied in the context of Houston. Houston suburbs comprise the city’s most dominant force in land area while being the least dense, where urbanization is a product of specific political intentions—ie. Market-driven developments. This project aims to establish a new perspective of urban growth for Houston by establishing new limits to the city. The goal is not to discourage Houston’s natural growth process but instead guide this process inwards, focusing on extreme density of the consolidated urban fabric.
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dc.identifier.citationRaymundo, Gabriel Gomes. Wetscapes: The Archipelago of Houston. (2024). Masters thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/116075
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/116075
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectUrbanism
dc.subjectHouston
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectUrban Design
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectSuburbs
dc.subjectUrban density
dc.titleWetscapes: The Archipelago of Houston
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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