Integrating Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Planning and Landscape Architecture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 42784
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable development; architecture and environment integration; designing environments; data-driven planning and design
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2. School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany
Interests: green construction; data-driven design; knowledge-based decision support
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Interests: urban land; sustainable development dimensions and urban agglomeration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid urbanization and related land use changes are key challenges of the 21st century and one of the primary causes of environmental degradation. In this context, new approaches are needed that not only aim to minimize negative impact on the environment, but instead seek to have a net positive impact. This can be initiated by integrating urban design with landscape architecture, and architectures and environments through an inter- and trans-disciplinary and trans-scalar approach to planning and design. This can lead to new hybrid land uses that can better support ecosystems and biodiversity, as well as the delivery of ecosystem services, including food production. Strong impulses towards this end are currently emerging from landscape architecture, from ecology and from urban green systems innovation. New research from different disciplines that transform spaces, enhancing landscapes and new economies emphasize the need for integrating green, blue, and grey infrastructure in urban settings. Moreover, the discovery, recovery, and adaptation of land knowledge and new trends in landscape architecture are of vital importance to making cities livable for humans and other species, with a particular interest in the “visible and invisible practices” of collective care. Interdisciplinary research and data-driven computational methods frequently facilitate such work. This Special Issue welcomes innovation-oriented articles related to the topics listed below.
Prof. Dr. Michael Hensel
Dr. Defne Sunguroglu Hensel
Prof. Dr. Alessandra Battisti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Integration of urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture
- Urban environmental and ecological restoration
- Multifunctional land use
- Integration of green, blue, and grey infrastructure
- Novel urban green systems
- Urban agriculture, horticulture, and gardening
- Urban ecology and multi-species design
- Decision support systems for integrating urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture
- Data-driven design for integrating urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture
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