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United States- Water

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General Overview 

  • The United States of America is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Inland water of the United States of America comprises of 6.76%.

  • The Lakes and Rivers of the United States of America have been highlighted in the map.

Figure 1: Map of the United States of America highlighting the Rivers, Lakes and Oceans.

Interactive River Map of the USA

Water Geography of Florida 

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Geographical Water of Florida

 

Water Geography of the state of Florida can be understood by the fact that it is a peninsula. Florida is surrounded by three sides by water: the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida.

Rivers and Lakes of Florida

Water and Land Map of Cape Coral

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Key Rivers and Streams of Florida

  • St Johns River

  • Suwannee River

  • Apalachicola River

  • Peace River

  • Kissimmee River

  • Lake Kissimmee

  • Withlacoochee River

  • Santa Fe River

  • Escambia River

  • Chipola River

  • Ochlockonee River

  • Indian River

  • Caloosahatchee River

  • St Marys River

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Key

            Water

             Land

Cape Coral is situated within the Southeast of Florida and is surrounded by Water. Cape Coral covers a total area of 310.8 sq. km, of which 25.7 sq. km is covered by water, and 285.1 sq. km is occupied by land.

 

The city is situated on a large peninsula that is bounded by the Caloosahatchee River in the south and east, and by the Matlacha Pass in the west.

 

With 400 miles of canals in 116 square miles and a rapidly growing population, water issues are arising and impacting the residents of Cape Coral.

The City of Cape Coral is located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the site of Cape Coral includes over 150 linear miles of saltwater canals and over 250 linear miles of freshwater canals.

Geographical Layout of Streets and Canals of Cape Coral

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Canal outline of Cape Coral 

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First hand opinions of the individuals residing in Cape Coral can be understood from the following statement:

 

‘ I have lived on a cape canal for 20 years and have viewed the continual degeneration of the water quality. Some of it is directly related to the increase in population along our fresh and saltwater canals, other is the continual reduction of open everglade lands and draining of the land to make room for housing development. A good percentage of the cause of degeneration is the bilge discharge from boats, dirty two cycle engines, unregulated live aboards, and the disregard for environment.’

Precipitation in the United States of America

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Rainfall can impact the site of Cape Coral as it faces higher Average Annual Precipitation in comparison to other areas of the United States of America. In cases of heavy rainfall there is less chance of it being soaked up by the soil therefore a lack of infiltration so it runs off into the river. The faster the water reaches the river, the more likely it will flood.

Flood Risk in Cape Coral - Interactive

Introduction

What is a Place?

Place and Non Place are distinguished by a very fine line. Place is defined by its use by people, the culture, the interaction of people with the physical setting. Place is where activities are conducted. Place is where people associate meaning and importance to. 

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Subjective Definition : After studying the readings and conducting further research on the topic of Pllace and Non Place, it is understandable there is a delicate balance between what a Place and Non Place is. Whilst Cape Coral is definitely a Place, the privatisation, the urban design and the use of the Place initiates and reflects a Non Place.

Non Place

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Storm Football Complex 

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As Cape Coral has a subtropical climate, many people may choose not to participate in this activity

Demographically residents of cape coral are middle aged and therefore the audience may be incorrect. The individuals that are older may have other activities which they prefer.

As there is no parking available, the residents of Cape Coral may not be using the site as much as they could if they had a parking place allocated to this complex.

In general, football is not a popular activity for the people and individuals living in Cape Coral.

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Elland Road 

Football Stadium

The football stadium is a place due to the fact of how much it is utilised.

The activity taking place is of National interest which could lead to the utilisation of the space and the Football stadium being considered a place.

It is also used for other recreational activities such as rugby in addition to football.

It is a site which has a true purpose instead of being a pocket space with a label.

Montage, Construct and Projection

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STORM FOOTBALL COMPLEX

Temporal Elements

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Model Photomontage

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Subjective Definition - After studying the readings and conducting further research on the topic of Pllace and Non Place, it is understandable there is a delicate balance between what a Place and Non Place is. Whilst Cape Coral is definitely a Place, the privatisation, the urban design and the use of the Place initiates and reflects a Non Place.

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Urban Strategy

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