Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands
Today many of us spend a big part of our lives in the grey hardscape that dominates our urban environments. There is research pointing towards the health benefits gained from nature as well as the ecological values that vegetation brings to our cities. Despite this a lot of the green spaces or pa...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17591/ |
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| author | Holmberg, Hanna |
| author_browse | Holmberg, Hanna |
| author_facet | Holmberg, Hanna |
| author_sort | Holmberg, Hanna |
| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Today many of us spend a big part of our lives in the grey hardscape that
dominates our urban environments. There is research pointing towards the
health benefits gained from nature as well as the ecological values that
vegetation brings to our cities. Despite this a lot of the green spaces or patches
within our cities are not being designed in a way that they reach their full
potential. There is an over representation of mowed lawns and trees not well
suited for the harsh environment. Whereas perennials are often overlooked or
neglected altogether.
In this thesis the potential benefits of using herbaceous vegetation in the traffic
environment is explored. Would it be possible to transform the larger and
perhaps smaller traffic islands so that they provide both aesthetic and ecological
values by using perennials? Through looking at existing research the topics of
how people and plants are affected by the urban environment and how plants
can impact people are explored. Further on the potential for using nature as a
source for both inspiration and knowledge are looked into. As a way to test the
result from the literature study three traffic intersections in Bromma, Stockholm,
receive planting design proposals. These involve replacing the mowed lawns
with a more diverse herbaceous vegetation. The thought to inspire
municipalities and other professionals to embrace the herbaceous vegetation
and incorporate it more in our urban environment. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU17591 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU175912022-03-08T02:01:16Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17591/ Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands Holmberg, Hanna Landscape architecture Today many of us spend a big part of our lives in the grey hardscape that dominates our urban environments. There is research pointing towards the health benefits gained from nature as well as the ecological values that vegetation brings to our cities. Despite this a lot of the green spaces or patches within our cities are not being designed in a way that they reach their full potential. There is an over representation of mowed lawns and trees not well suited for the harsh environment. Whereas perennials are often overlooked or neglected altogether. In this thesis the potential benefits of using herbaceous vegetation in the traffic environment is explored. Would it be possible to transform the larger and perhaps smaller traffic islands so that they provide both aesthetic and ecological values by using perennials? Through looking at existing research the topics of how people and plants are affected by the urban environment and how plants can impact people are explored. Further on the potential for using nature as a source for both inspiration and knowledge are looked into. As a way to test the result from the literature study three traffic intersections in Bromma, Stockholm, receive planting design proposals. These involve replacing the mowed lawns with a more diverse herbaceous vegetation. The thought to inspire municipalities and other professionals to embrace the herbaceous vegetation and incorporate it more in our urban environment. Idag tillbringar många av oss en stor del av våra liv i det övervägande grå och hårdgjorda miljöerna i våra städer. Det finns forskning som pekar på hälsofördelar med naturen såväl som de ekologiska värden som vegetation potentiellt kan bidra med i våra städer. Trots detta är många grönytor i våra städer inte designade så att de når sin fulla potential. Det finns en överrepresentation av klippta gräsmattor och träd som inte är väl lämpade för den tuffa miljön. Detta medan perenner ofta förbises eller försummas helt och hållet. I denna uppsats undersöks de potentiella fördelarna med att använda örtartade växter i trafikmiljön. Skulle det vara möjligt att omvandla de större med hjälp av perenner så att de bidrar med både estetiska och ekologiska värden? Genom att titta på befintlig forskning undersöks ämnen så som hur människor och växter påverkas av stadsmiljön samt hur växter kan påverka människor. Vidare studeras möjligheterna att använda naturen som en källa för både inspiration och kunskap. Som ett sätt att testa resultatet från litteraturstudien får tre trafikkorsningar i Bromma, Stockholm, förslag på ny vegetation. Dessa innebär att de klippta gräsmattorna ersätts med en mer mångsidig örtväxtlighet. Tanken är att inspirera kommuner och andra yrkesverksamma att omfamna de örtartade växterna och inkludera dem i större utsträckning i vår stadsmiljö. 2022-03-01 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17591/6/holmberg_h_210210.pdf Holmberg, Hanna, 2022. Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands : a design proposal in Bromma. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-644.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17591 eng |
| spellingShingle | Landscape architecture Holmberg, Hanna Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title | Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title_full | Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title_fullStr | Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title_short | Herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| title_sort | herbaceous vegetation for traffic islands |
| topic | Landscape architecture |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17591/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17591/ |