And Then There Were Butterflies: Using Butterfly Life Histories to Design for Urban Butterfly Habitat Gardens
| dc.contributor.author | Hawthorne, Chad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-25T23:20:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-25T23:20:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-08-25 | |
| dc.description | Examining committee chair: Jacques Abelman | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Butterfly populations face many challenges, none so great as the loss of habitat do to urbanization. The practice of clearing native vegetation and replacing it with an exotic plant palette forces many urban butterflies further and further from human development. This habitat loss can be mitigated by strategically planning and designing urban butterfly gardens. The question then arises, how can these butterfly gardens be designed to best insure butterfly survival. Through this master’s project I introduce a methodological process framework for the designing of urban butterfly habitat gardens. This process centers on design strategies based on butterfly life histories of the butterfly life cycle, butterfly needs, and butterfly behaviors. Employing the design strategy of research through designing, this master’s project demonstrates how designers can employ this framework to ensure the survival of urban butterflies. To accomplish this goal, I have first produced a guidebook that walks the reader through this step by step process of using butterfly life histories to design butterfly gardens. I then demonstrate how to use the design process by employing the methodological framework on a site within the city of Eugene, Oregon. I assert, that through a detailed examination of butterfly life histories, design elements can be generated to better meet the survival needs of urban butterflies. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/23667 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Landscape Architecture Program, M.S.; | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | Butterfly gardening | en_US |
| dc.subject | Butterfly | en_US |
| dc.subject | Butterfly life histories | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research through designing | en_US |
| dc.title | And Then There Were Butterflies: Using Butterfly Life Histories to Design for Urban Butterfly Habitat Gardens | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |