Water & Culture, Adaptation & Integration

An integrated urban transformation for river flood resilience and sustainable leisure industry in the city of Maastricht.

Master thesis (2023)

Authors

D. XIANG Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

C. Forgaci Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
D.A. Sepulveda Carmona Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
I.J.J. Cuperus Education and Student Affairs (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2023 DANYI XIANG
Flood resilience Pattern Language Leisure industry Integrated urban design
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Published Date

29-06-2023

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The survival and development of the city of Maastricht are facing enormous threats from the increasingly frequent and severe fluvial floods, while the leisure industry is the most vulnerable to flood damage as a crucial segment of the economy, accounting for about 50% of the total economic damage. However, flooding is essentially just a natural process with numerous ecological benefits, and can even stimulate diverse recreational activities under certain conditions.

Therefore, this report aims to explore integrated transformation from an urban design perspective for the city of Maastricht to adapt to river flooding and to promote sustainable leisure industry. It implies a transformed urban fabric that prevents the damage caused by river flooding and converts floods into a resource for sustainable leisure industry development through a series of spatial interventions and programs that cross three scales (regional scale, city scale, and neighborhood scale).