TOGI, BARIDO and Covenant University, Theses Masters (2024) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND USER SATISFACTION IN THE DESIGN OF A SHOPPING MALL IN PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA. Masters thesis, Covenant University.
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Abstract
Sustainability has advanced over the past few years, into more than just a term to an entire societal concept and norm. Sustainability in more modern times has been widely incorporated into more than just how energy and normal activities are carried out, but also into architecture and the building industry as a whole. In order to bridge the gap in literature on the relationship between sustainable landscape strategies and its impact on user-satisfaction. This study investigates sustainable landscape design strategies and how these strategies influence user satisfaction in the design of four selected shopping malls in Port-Harcourt. This study provides insight into the various design strategies adopted by architects such as; green roofs, bioswales and rain gardens which promote sustainability in the design of shopping malls, along with the challenges with integrating these strategies. The study focuses on identifying the various sustainable landscape design features integrated in shopping mall designs and how they affect the users, also to measure the extent to which the user’s satisfaction levels change as well as incorporating these findings into the design of a proposed shopping mall. The studys methodology makes use of a mixed method approach in which qualitative research approach methods were used to draw data from the field through observation tables and pictures, where by the selected shopping malls level of adoption of sustainable landscape strategies were evaluated and quantitative questionnaire approach in which questionnaires were distributed to shopping mall users to determine the level of user satisfaction within the mall in relation to the presence of sustainable landscape design strategies in the selected malls. The findings were organized into themes and presented with graphs, texts with the aid of tables and percentile rankings with the SPSS Statistics program which showed that majority of shopping mall users level of user satisfaction is influenced by the presence of sustainable landscape design strategies within the shopping malls. Based on the results, it is crucial that in the design of retail centers, the users satisfaction level is considered and the implementation of sustainable landscape design strategies should be integrated from the onset of the design process. This study will also serve as a useful reference material for building professionals, students, and researchers to consult and build upon.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Shopping mall, Sustainable landscape design strategies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals(SDG) |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | ORIGBOEYEGHA |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2024 15:50 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2024 15:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/18414 |
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