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Water Infrastructure and Community Building: The Case of Marvin Gaye Park

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The contemporary redefinition of infrastructure as landscape proposes to address functional issues together with ecological, aesthetic and social concerns. Despite its claim to provide an integrative model, this discourse emphasizes ecological over social benefit. It is argued here that the underlying principles of this model-decentralization, site-specificity and multifunctionality-also have significant socio-cultural implications that relate to building community and enhancing place attachment. This paper will assess the social impact of the landscape infrastructure model by examining the relationship of water infrastructure to the social and cultural dynamics of urban communities through the case of Marvin Gaye Park, a stream valley park in Washington, DC.

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  • Elissa Rosenberg, 2015. "Water Infrastructure and Community Building: The Case of Marvin Gaye Park," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(2), pages 193-211, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:20:y:2015:i:2:p:193-211
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1009011
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