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Research for "urban threshold"
I am researching for situations where two different urban areas meet and connect. These areas can be about difference in landscapes, densities, architectural structures, etc.
I have been thinking about Berlin Wall (where two Germanies meet) and Paris (where areas built in different time period meet), yet I am looking for a situation dealing with different landscapes. Does anyone have a good example that can help me?
so do you mean the meeting of two urban areas or urban with landscape or landscape with landscape? it's not really clear (for me at least) what you're after...
Sorry for not being so clear. I was talking about different landscapes in urban setting. Like Central Park and rest of Manhattan!
Some of the aerial photos of Portland's urban growth boundary are rather powerful.
I'd also imagine that the border between Detroit proper and the suburbs is quite striking.
Wow, Portalnd's aerial view is striking! Thank you for the information, Just Why!
the border of Philly with the mainline suburbs is quit dramatic too
A lot of striking examples in the European countryside as well, generally the result of walled cities on hilltops.
I'm mostly familiar with those in Italy, though the aerials I'm seeing on google aren't as striking as what I remember from my semester over there.
Montepulciano
Montalcino
Sienna
Tourist oriented post of top walled cities in Europe
border between Detroit and Grosse Pointe.
I think a really good one is Miami east-to-west versus north-to-south.
South Miami is all high-density that mostly ends abruptly into the swamp that is the everglades.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=miami&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Miami,+FL&gl=us&ei=2QfBSseFAdCM8Aaxx6C8AQ&ll=25.815963,-80.320358&spn=0.305967,0.617294&t=h&z=11
A more current and planning-driven model is the "green belt" of Boulder, Colorado.
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