An Urban Landscape Infrastructure Corridor:The Atlanta BeltLine, USA

Abstract

The Atlanta BeltLine is a 22-mile (35 km) transformative corridor project that will connect 45 neighborhoods through transit, open space and trails. As a repurposed series of abandoned railroad segments that run across the valleys and ridges of the Piedmont Plateau region, the physical design of the corridor actively responds to both the physiographic and cultural diversity of its context. It is a comprehensive example of landscape infrastructure that will serve to organize, engage and guide future development in one of America’s fastest growing metropolitan areas.

Keywords

Landscape Infrastructure / Greenway / Transit

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2014 Higher Education Press