Architecture, Building and Planning - Theses
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ItemManagement of Victoria's visual landscape resources within the government legal and administrative structure(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemHigh rise housing and the elderly : A study of high rise housing as a form of accommodation for the elderly(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemThe neighbourhood concept and social network(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemCognitive maps : perceptions of accessibility(University of Melbourne, 1979)This study sets out to examine the concept of cognitive maps, and its possible use in urban planning, particularly in relation to the accessibility of local facilities to residents. Initially it surveys some of the literature of the subject in general, and in several peripheral areas. It concludes that the literature indicates a confusion of both methodologies and results, and suggests that the cause of much of this confusion lies in the failure of researchers to appreciate much of the fundamental psychological' and other processes which might be at work. For this reason it critically examines several psychological, sociological and epistemological concepts to indicate their possible relevance to the subject area. No one theory or explanation is claimed as paramount, but rather it is suggested that there is a complex interaction of processes at work in any presentation of cognitive maps. Further, it questions the very validity of cognitive maps as they are commonly executed. With these questions and doubts in mind, the results of a field study, where residents of two Melbourne municipalities were questioned on their cognitive map, are analysed. The analysis looks at the maps in general, and more specifically, their relationship to the perception of the accessibility for the map producer of the local municipal library. The general outcome of the study is to find little that can be firmly claimed about the maps, and thus the study tends to add further to the list of contrasting results. For this reason, while it is suggested that there are some limited uses for cognitive mapping in urban planning, the study concludes that cognitive mapping is not now, and is not likely to be in the future, a viable planning tool on its own. Any planning use must be in tandem with other methodologies.
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ItemComputers in architecture(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemA study of the thermal performance of office buildings(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemTransferable development rights(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemThe East Burwood tramway : a case study(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemReview of the City of Bendigo's Flat Development Guide(University of Melbourne, 1979)
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ItemPlanning and the design of rural residential subdivision : Maryknoll case study(University of Melbourne, 1979)