Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure
Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure
- MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
Open Access
This volume examines the applicability of landscape urbanism theory in contemporary landscape architecture practice by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Using participatory planning of green infrastructure and application of nature-based solutions to address urban challenges, landscape urbanism seeks to reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in landscape architecture, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. Nine contributions examine a wide range of successful cases of designing livable and resilient cities in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America to Australia and Japan, and through several European cities in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, and Greece. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Efforts such as the use of ornamental helophyte plants in bioretention ponds to reduce and treat stormwater runoff, the recovery of a poorly constructed urban waterway or participatory approaches for optimizing the location of green stormwater infrastructure and examining the environmental justice issue of equative availability and accessibility to public open spaces make these innovations explicit. Thus, this volume contributes to the sustainable cities goal of the United Nations.
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9783039213696 9783039213702 books978-3-03921-370-2
10.3390/books978-3-03921-370-2 doi
Asia biophilic design biophilic urbanism built environment context-sensitive design deprived areas environmental justice floating treatment wetland geographic information systems Greece green gentrification green infrastructure green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) Japan landscape architecture landscape first landscape history landscape theory landscape urbanism livability liveability nature-based solution nature-based solutions pedestrian zones Philadelphia plant ecology pollutant removal post-postmodernism postal questionnaire public amenity public green infrastructure (PGI) public open space public perception re-naturing cities recreation regenerative design renaturing cities residents' views resource rationalization river restoration Roma minority runoff site suitability modeling social equity Soviet-era housing blocks spontaneous vegetation street verges sustainable cities sustainable development urban design urban ecology urban geography urban nature urban nature (UN) urban planning urban sustainability vacant land viable city visitor satisfaction survey well-being
Open Access
This volume examines the applicability of landscape urbanism theory in contemporary landscape architecture practice by bringing together ecology and architecture in the built environment. Using participatory planning of green infrastructure and application of nature-based solutions to address urban challenges, landscape urbanism seeks to reintroduce critical connections between natural and urban systems. In light of ongoing developments in landscape architecture, the goal is a paradigm shift towards a landscape that restores and rehabilitates urban ecosystems. Nine contributions examine a wide range of successful cases of designing livable and resilient cities in different geographical contexts, from the United States of America to Australia and Japan, and through several European cities in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, and Greece. While some chapters attempt to conceptualize the interconnections between cities and nature, others clearly have an empirical focus. Efforts such as the use of ornamental helophyte plants in bioretention ponds to reduce and treat stormwater runoff, the recovery of a poorly constructed urban waterway or participatory approaches for optimizing the location of green stormwater infrastructure and examining the environmental justice issue of equative availability and accessibility to public open spaces make these innovations explicit. Thus, this volume contributes to the sustainable cities goal of the United Nations.
Creative Commons
English
9783039213696 9783039213702 books978-3-03921-370-2
10.3390/books978-3-03921-370-2 doi
Asia biophilic design biophilic urbanism built environment context-sensitive design deprived areas environmental justice floating treatment wetland geographic information systems Greece green gentrification green infrastructure green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) Japan landscape architecture landscape first landscape history landscape theory landscape urbanism livability liveability nature-based solution nature-based solutions pedestrian zones Philadelphia plant ecology pollutant removal post-postmodernism postal questionnaire public amenity public green infrastructure (PGI) public open space public perception re-naturing cities recreation regenerative design renaturing cities residents' views resource rationalization river restoration Roma minority runoff site suitability modeling social equity Soviet-era housing blocks spontaneous vegetation street verges sustainable cities sustainable development urban design urban ecology urban geography urban nature urban nature (UN) urban planning urban sustainability vacant land viable city visitor satisfaction survey well-being