LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND PLANNING AND EIA

- CARL
STEINITZ

SUBMITTED BY - GOWTHAM & AISWARYA ( 2015802004

CARL STEINITZ (1938)
CarlSteinitz, was worked as a Professor of
Landscape Architecture and Planningat the Graduate
School of Design since 1973, was named the first
Alexander andVictoria Wiley Professor of Landscape
Architecture and Planning in 1986.

In 1959 Bachelor in Architecturefrom Cornell University.

In 1960 Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

In 1961 Master in Architecture degree from M.I.T.

In 1965 , He joined in Harvard Graduate School of Design as an

initial Research Associate in the Laboratory forComputer Graphics
and Spatial Analysis.

In1967 he received the Ph.D. degree in city and regional planning,

with a majorin urban design, from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1956-61 - Architectural design and production experience with
several firms

1962 - Adams Howard and Greeley, Cambridge, MA, Associate

Planner, Andover,
MA, Central Area
,Renewal Study

1965 - Consultant to the Detroit Land Use and Transportation

Study (TALUS),

Urban design.

1967-68 - Consultant to the Hudson River Valley Commission,

planning and

urban design

1969-79 - Steinitz Rogers Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA,

President and Founding 0
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN
1992- 2005 Dean's Council
1992-1995 Director, MLA Degree Programs
1986-1992 Director, Doctor of Design Program
1980, 1981 Committee on Curriculum and Courses, Chairman
1974-1978 Committee on Academic Policy, Landscape Architecture
representative

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
1993 Committee on Community Relations and Public and
Community
Service Review
Committee
1992 Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility
1982-1986 Chairman, Standing Committee on the Degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in

Urban Planning

1974-1976 Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 0

RESEARCH
Steinitz' research is devoted to improving the methods by which
planners and designers organize and analyze information about large
land areas and how they make major design decisions.
He has often coupled his research projects with his Major Landscape
Change Studio, giving students an opportunity to integrate their studio
experience with an in-depth analysis of the site.

Biodiversity and Landscape Planning: Alternative Futures for the

Region of Camp Pendleton, California,
A study of a Marine Corps base located between Los Angeles and
San Diego. This study explores how urban growth and change in the
rapidly developing region between San Diego and Los Angeles might
influence the biodiversity of the area. The intent of this project is to
examine the connections between urban, suburban, and rural
development and the consequent stresses on native habitats and
biodiversity. Two related studios were offered in 1996 and 1997.
Alternative Futures For The Region Of Loreto, Baja California
Sur, Mexico

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Another example of Prof. Steinitz integration of research and studio
teaching isAlternative Futures for Monroe County, Pennsylvania, a
study that examines how development may impact this area in the
southern Pocono Mountains. The report summarizes the analyses and
proposals described in the presentation and exhibition made by the
studio in December 1993. It offers an understanding and synthesis of
the County's most pressing landscape and planning issues and a range
of alternatives for its future. The related studio option was offered in
1995.

Professor Steinitz has devoted much of his academic and professional

career to improving methods for designing conservation and
development in highly valued landscapes .

He mostly interested in teaching and research on landscape change,

methods of landscape analysis, visual quality, and landscape planning
and design.

Professional publication -10 , research & publication 87 awards-20

GEODESIGN
Geodesign is a set of techniques and enabling technologies
for planning built and natural environments in an integrated process,
including project conceptualization, analysis, design specification,
stakeholder participation and collaboration, design creation,
simulation, and evaluation (among other stages). "Geodesign is a
design and planning method which tightly couples the creation of
design proposals with impact simulations informed by geographic
According to Steinitz
contexts."
My definition is, geodesign is changing
geography by design. And the word design
is both either a noun [and] a verb. I treat it
mainly as a verb.

A Framework for Geodesign: Changing

Geography by Design, published by Esri
Press, details the procedures that pioneer
landscape architect and planner Carl
Steinitz developed for the implementation
of geodesign in the planning process.
The three iterations through the framework
Over the course of the geodesign study each of these sis
primary questions and their subsidiary questions are asked
three times
First iteration
In the first iteration
the questions are asked
beginning with question
1 as we define the
context and scope of the
work. In this first
Second iteration
iteration we treat these
as WHY questions for the
The aim of the second
project.
iteration is to choose and
clearly define the
methods of the study, the
HOW questions. In this
stage, the framework is
used in reverse order,
working from question 6
to question 1
The third iteration
The third iteration carries out
the methodology designed by the
geodesign team in the second
iteration. During this round we ask
the WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN
questions as we implement the
study and provide results. In this
third stage, the framework is again
from questions 16
There can be three possible
Reaching a No implies that the study result does not satisfy
decisions as an outcome: No,
the geodesign team and is not likely to meet the requirements of
Maybe, or Yes.
the decision makers. Then any or all of the six steps are subject
to feedback and alteration
If the teams decision is a Maybe or perhaps a contingent
Yes decision, it may also trigger a change in the scale, size, or
time frame of the study. Shifting the scale of the project may lead
to either larger or smaller geodesign activities
If a Yes decision is reached by the geodesign team, the
resulting study or proposed project is poised for presentation to
the stakeholders for their review towards
 Carl Steinitz work
AN ALTERNATIVE FUTURE FOR THE REGION OF CAMP
PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA
This report describes the
pressures created by the trend
of urbanization, proposes an
alternative conservation and
design strategy, outlines some
important costs and benefits,
and offers suggestions for
implementation of region
between San Diego and Los
Angeles
The study region is a 9,000 sq.
km rectangle that encompasses
several major river drainage
basins and is seen in its
California context
 A 1995 graduate-level studio at the Harvard Graduate School
of Design applied the research framework in the design and
comparison of the implications of six alternative regional
conservation-development strategies for the study region.
They compared five alternative scenarios reflecting different
development and conservation policies
The projections based on current
plans indicate a future urbanization
of all currently unbuilt land in the
region
Alternative-1 Illustrated the implications
of a continuation of the current spread of
extensive single-family and rural-
residential growth, with an assumed
disregard of the regional plan
Alternative- 2 Proposed private
conservation by encouraging large
lot ownership adjacent to and within
important habitat areas
Alternative- 3 Also followed spread
development, but it introduced a
major conservation effort in the year
2010

Alternative- 4 employed a multi-

centers approach based on cluster
development and new communities.

Alternative- 4 Concentrated growth

in a new city
 The 1996 studio began
with an introduction to the
research data and models
and to the alternative
futures produced by the
1995 studio. And had the
challenging task of
proposing a best
alternative design.
The studio decided to
consider three types of
change: changes in scale,
changes in time, and
changes in design strategy
The proposed regional
design differs from the
trend in several
ways:
(1) conservation
corridors precede
development;
(2) development is
clustered and,where
appropriate, within
existing developed
areas;
(3) agricultural lands
are preserved; and
(4)a new regional City
Center is created.
The Trend for the Temecula Valley
Additionally, one
expanded conservation
area at the base of the
Santa Rosa escarpment
is proposed as a site for
a wastewater treatment
facility which would
enable increased aquifer
recharge

The urban focus of the

design is the new City
Center. The Center is an
open rectangle shaped
green spaces

proposed for low-density

development, comprised
mainly of rural-
residential and some
single-family housing,
agricultural reserves,
 Example Areas

Existing Conditions Trend Development

Proposed Strategy Proposed Design

Existing Conditions Trend Development

Proposed Strategy Proposed Design

Existing Conditions Trend Development

Proposed Strategy Proposed Design

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