ENHANCING THE LANDSCAPE OF BARAU DIKKO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, KADUNA FOR THERAPEUTIC AND HEALING EFFECTS

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dc.contributor.authorALAO, ATUMYE AMOS
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-17T09:08:44Z
dc.date.available2014-02-17T09:08:44Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE, MASTER OF SCIENCE. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIA March, 2012en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Nigeria, therapeutic landscape development is a grey area both in research and design implementation, and is yet to be given recognition in this part of the world. Therapeutic landscape is an aspect of landscape architecture that deals with healing through a conscious design process, simulating nature to provide a convivial environment for healthy living. The model for the research is built on the works of Elizabeth C. Brawley, Sara O. Marberry and Joan M. Whale who attempted to develop unifying themes for the works of several therapeutic landscape architects such as Cooper Marcus, Clare Cooper Marcus, Annalisa Gartman Vapaa, Marni Barns and many others. These themes culminate into a set of principles used to analyze Landscape Architectural designs from a therapeutic perspective. Case studies of various garden types and design consideration were researched and also comparative analyses of three specialist hospitals were carried out, two (2) from the northern part of Nigeria and the temperate region of the United States of America (U.S.A) have been documented, and the principles guiding the design of the landscape have been analyzed from a therapeutic perspective. Finally, these findings were further drawn up in to criteriaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1633
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectENHANCING,en_US
dc.subjectLANDSCAPE,en_US
dc.subjectBARAU DIKKO,en_US
dc.subjectSPECIALIST,en_US
dc.subjectHOSPITAL,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA,en_US
dc.subjectTHERAPEUTIC,en_US
dc.subjectHEALING,en_US
dc.subjectEFFECTS.en_US
dc.titleENHANCING THE LANDSCAPE OF BARAU DIKKO SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, KADUNA FOR THERAPEUTIC AND HEALING EFFECTSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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