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The research value of Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) lies in gaining a deeper understanding of the inherent attributes and interrelationships of various landscapes, thereby providing scientific basis for landscape planning, design, conservation, and sustainable utilization. The traditional LCA methods often overlook the inherent connections b...
The Law No. 12,651/2012 brought changes to the widths of riparian Permanent Preservation Areas (PPAs) to be restored, which now also depend on the size of the rural property in fiscal modules, which in turn, varies depending on the municipality. Because of this, defining the environmental liabilities of these PPAs is complex, requiring geoprocessin...
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The Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN), established in the mid-1990s, was developed to combat habitat loss and fragmentation from rapid population growth. Over the past 30 years, the FEGN has been pivotal in identifying areas essential for biodiversity and ecosystem services to support conservation land acquisition programs includi...
Landscapes of lakes have a significant impact on people’s perceptions of Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES), as well as on their overall sense of well-being. However, there is limited understanding of how best to manage land landscapes and how different approaches influence these perceptions. To explore these questions, a case study of China’s Qiand...
This paper presents the results of new research on two sarsen stones, known as the Cuckoo Stone and Tor Stone, both former standing stones that lie on opposite banks of the River Avon and straddle the eastern border of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. Geochemical analysis indicates that both stones were probably transported to their...
Street green spaces can effectively attenuate traffic noise, but the crucial role of coniferous trees and shrubs in the reduction in green space noise has not been systematically explored. Therefore, in this study, the aim was to determine the mechanism of the influence of plant morphological characteristics and planting forms on the noise reductio...
In the context of global carbon emissions and climate change, identifying context-specific low-carbon pathways for urban areas is critical for achieving socio-environmental sustainability. This study applies the technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework to examine the driving mechanisms and the diversity in carbon reduction pathways acros...
The complex topography of the mountain cities leads to uneven distribution of land resources. Currently, available studies mainly focuse on land use and landscape patterns (LU and LP) in plains or plateaus. Thus, it is necessary to carry out an analysis of the drivers of changes in LU and LP in mountain cities. As the typical mountain city in China...
Geodesign is key for crafting innovative plans, managing trade-offs, and involving stakeholders. • A geodesign process was implemented in Stockholm, involving fourteen stakeholders. • Participants drafted transformative plans addressing local housing needs and promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services. • Participants found proposed transformati...
Land-take leads to the loss of natural and semi-natural areas. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights the important role played by land-take and degradation mitigation to promote sustainable cities. This research aims to assess (1) the temporal dynamics of land-take and land degradation, (2) their spatial configuration, and (3) thei...
Ecotourism is an activity of visiting places that are still natural and unspoiled or unaffected by human activities, with the aim of enjoying the natural scenery, flora and fauna, and the culture of the local communities. Referring to Regulation of the Ministry of Home Affairs Number 33 of 2009, it is stated that in East Sumba, there are areas with...
To ensure the sustainable utilization of cultivated land resources, it is essential to quantify and map the characteristics of construction land and cultivated land and analyze the mechanisms by which construction land expansion affects cultivated land. However, few studies have been conducted focusing on this issue. This study integrated morpholog...
This dissertation explore the traditional ecological knowledge of Sundanese people on landscape planning, design, and management. This study focuses on how locals can read, learn, and understand their landscape's potentials and constraints to deal with environmental dynamics by enhancing "where not to build" to seal the potentials landscape benefit...
The article considers the problem of inconsistency of legislation in the field of urban planning, insufficient consideration of environmental standards and the need to introduce the «environmental imperative» into the activities of urban planning councils. It is determined that existing regulatory legal acts are often of a recommendatory nature, wh...
Indigenous landscapes remain a reflection of sustainable human-environment interactions and diverse attributes. Among the Gurage, Jefore is a reflection of intensive nature-culture interactions for diverse needs. This article explores the socio ecological attributes of Jefore's rural landscape. Ethnographic research design and data collection tools...
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are increasingly being explored as effective strategies for mitigating hydrological extremes, such as floods and agricultural droughts. Among these, soil-vegetation-based approaches may play a key role in improving soil health, enhancing ecosystem services, and restoring the natural hydrological cycle in productive agri...
Garden Design is a prominent and popular decorative process in architectural and landscape planning in the world. Different cultures and traditions integrated different characteristics to their systems depending on the particular nature: royal, religious, or entertainment etc., Sri Lanka, too, provides evidence of widespread garden designing experi...
Since 1980, academics and scholars have focused on forest productivity, adopting planning initiatives such as Local Forest Economic Plans and Forest Production Management Plans. Planning approaches range from broad-scale conservation and development considerations to site-specific, effective management practices. An effective forest planning relies...
The discipline of landscape architecture plays an important role in many environmental issues such as increasing green areas in urban areas, supporting biodiversity, and managing water resources. This study was conducted to determine the environmental awareness levels of landscape architecture students in Turkey and to understand how educational pr...
“Planning at the landscape scale” is the new paradigm of spatial development which embraces the management, protection, and restoration of the landscape character distinguished through “landscape approach” which differs from traditional sectoral and project-based approaches. The institutionalization of “the planning at the landscape scale” has show...
This study investigates the impact of sustainable landscape planning on the well-being and academic performance of students at the University of Ibadan. Utilizing survey data, the research highlights the positive effects of well-maintained green spaces on students' mental health, stress reduction, physical health, and connection to nature. The find...
Introduction: The strategy and restoration of rural areas and landscape in biomechanics, with a particular emphasis on cellular and molecular biomechanics, is crucial for sustainable rural landscape design. At the cellular and molecular level, plants’ biomechanical properties, such as the rigidity and elasticity of cell walls, determine their growt...
This study examines the monthly average relative humidity values in different districts of Sinop province and evaluates the impact of these data on urban and landscape planning. The relative humidity rates from January to December showed significant differences between districts. The highest relative humidity values were mostly observed in the Erfe...
Since the launch of the European Higher Education Area in 2010, a growing number of international training programmes have been created in Europe. Within the Erasmus+ framework, many opportunities for student mobility and international teaching have emerged. Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) have been introduced relatively recently, as part of the...
In landscape planning and design, geospatial technologies (GSTs) are used to aid in visualizing and interpreting geographic environments, identifying geospatial patterns, and making decisions around information based on maps and geospatial information. GSTs are related to the different tools and technologies used to represent the earth’s surface an...
According to the article, grasslands amount for 103,816 hectares out of 5,502.78 km2 total area of Nakhchivan AR. The grasslands play a vital role in the development of livestock, especially rearing of bovine animals, small-horned livestock and beekeeping. Descriptive research work has been conducted in the field, in order to determine the role of...
Participatory mapping approaches are increasingly employed in social and environmental fields of research and practice. This chapter explores how the use of geographical information can enhance people’s engagement in placemaking. Starting from theoretical concepts and experiences, the chapter explores the use of geographical information in three di...
The forests of the Atlantic Forest biome are becoming increasingly rare due to various factors that lead to the degradation of forest areas, such as uncontrolled urban expansion, the intensification of agricultural and industrial activities, illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and the introduction of exotic species. An effective strategy to miti...
The development in landscape architecture education in Hungary over the past forty years, and especially in the period following the 1989 change of the political regime, has drawn heavily on the series of curricular reforms in university education in the 1960s and 1970s. This period also saw a boom in landscape architecture education internationall...
The chapter discusses the distinct branches of landscape architecture: landscape design of gardens, parks, urban open spaces, design of registered historic gardens, landscape planning, planning of local green space networks and spatial planning. Landscape design and planning, like architecture, responds to and is fundamentally dependent on the need...
It is with great enthusiasm that we inaugurate this conference, created to address the urgent need for open and profound dialogue on the challenges and opportunities surrounding Mediterranean cultural landscapes. These landscapes, shaped by centuries of interaction between humanity and nature, represent an invaluable universal heritage, narrating s...
Identifying how species richness or diversity changes with different proportions of natural and anthropized environments in the landscape is important for landscape management for conservation. Here, we propose a new method to assess biodiversity changes in landscapes with varying proportions of habitat types. The algorithm is based on the resampli...
Fuelled by climate change, low flows, heavy rain and flooding will likely intensify in the future, adding to the pressures experienced by rivers in western and central Europe in recent decades. To meet these challenges, comprehensive water-related adaptation to climate change is indispensable. Based on the case study of the Spree river basin in Ger...
The setting up of a general framework for the environmental and landscape planning of a protected area requires a basic detailed survey of this area and its vegetation, accompanied by a constant monitoring of the latter, so that a specific maintenance plan can be implemented accordingly. With reference to an area of high environmental, landscape an...
The landscape spectrum of Malaysia portrays rich, multiple natural and developed landscapes. Surprisingly, there are not any regulations that directly govern the landscape. It depends entirely on existing regulations that are not mentioned in detail regarding the 'landscape' specifically. As an alternative mechanism, it has several regulations used...
Urban inland rivers are closely related to urban development, but high-density urbanisation has reduced the natural function of streams and the riverbanks are hardened into two parts, embankment walls and berms, which give rise to a variety of riparian landscapes. However, the difference in the height of riparian walkways affects the degree of thei...
Grounded in the theoretical and methodological frameworks of landscape character identification from the European Landscape Map (LANMAP) and landscape character assessment (LCA), this study developed an AI-based tool for landscape character analysis to classify the Jianghan Plain’s landscape more effectively. The proposed method leveraged a deep le...
Objective: The objective of this study is to conduct a Green Open Space (GOS) planning that meets ecological, socio-cultural, economic, and aesthetic functions in the context of carbon capture, and assess the capability of the GOS in capturing CO2. Theoretical Framework: This research supports SDG 13 by means of the development of GOS that are capa...
The spatial arrangement of various land cover types within a landscape is referred to as the Landscape Pattern (LSP). An essential component of landscape ecology, LSP examination is significant for a variety of causes, like species conservation, sustainable development, environmental monitoring, landscape planning, and management of accepted resour...
In response to mounting wildfire risks, land managers across the country will need to dramatically increase proactive wildfire management (e.g. fuel and forest health treatments). While human communities vary widely in their vulnerability to the impacts of fire, these discrepancies have rarely informed prioritizations for wildfire mitigation treatm...
In the process of urbanization in China, the problem of the monotony of rural landscapes is becoming increasingly prominent. At the same time, people's activities are becoming more frequent, and the diversified pursuit of a better life requires that the functions of rural landscapes be further enriched and expanded. This study introduces the concep...
Rapid urbanization worldwide offers numerous benefits but also introduces challenges, particularly concerning urban climate comfort, which affects the physical and social well-being in cities. This study examined the microclimatic characteristics of the Burç neighborhood in the historical core of Burdur city, using ENVI-Met models with temperature,...
Urban parks bring multiple benefits in terms of ecology, economy, culture, and well-being. While evaluation of the ecosystem service value is conducive to integrating urban functions and green space, a lack of human-nature interactions leads to neglect in knowledge and assessment of the social value of urban parks. In this study, Visitor Employed P...
The interdisciplinary and multiscale methodological approach presented here seeks to understand the biogeophysical support in repeated interactions with society, highlighting the process of socio-spatial production. It outlines the structuring and adaptation of the Landscape Reading method for didactic workshops in Geographic Information Systems, a...
Sustainable cities that maintain the quality and volume of green-blue spaces can benefit local ecology, environment, and social well-being and prevent the deteriorating local thermal climate. Rigorous spatial solutions are required for urban greening strategies and water-resilient smart city planning. This study aimed to investigate urban green-blu...
Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the measurement of landscape integrity based on ecological support processes in the Federal District, with the aim of defining a multi-scalar and multi-functional Regional Green Infrastructure Network (IVR) based on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). Theoretical Framework: This topic presents the main concept...
Human settlements exert relevant pressures over contemporary landscapes, which are progressively fragmented and threatened. Fragile landscapes are vulnerable to external shocks, such as natural disasters, flooding, and other similar events that happen more frequently, because of the changes of climate conditions. Green infrastructures, a generaliza...
In the historical context we live in, where urbanization is a process that affects the entire territory and not only urban areas, and where natural resources are increasingly limited, but a critical reflection on operational landscapes is necessary from a perspective that considers both the natural and social environments. Contrary to the tradition...
The conservation of ecosystem services (ES) is crucial for human well-being, particularly in agricultural areas where specific services are optimized for financial benefit, at the expense of others. The absence of localized information on key ES in most high-economic production landscapes with intense land use poses a risk of irreparable environmen...
La present comunicació té per objecte compartir l'experiència d'un Blended Intensive Programme (*BIP) sobre urbanisme duta a terme en una escola d'arquitectura d'Espanya (Institució 1) durant el curs escolar 2023-24. Dins del marc Erasmus+, els BIPs són programes d'intercanvi per a l'estudiantat i el personal de les universitats europees que es car...
Using single-tower cable-stayed bridge as example, this article introduces the design and construction process of a cable-stayed bridge with a scroll-shaped tower, as well as the optimization process and detailed design process of the steel structure of the scroll-shaped part of the bridge pylon.Based on Rhino+Grasshopper software, parametric desig...
Communities and the built environment need to offer enriched physical activity experiences that promote physical, mental, and social development to address low well-being levels in the UK since the pandemic. Active landscapes—environments designed to encourage movement and connection—can support physical activity and well-being when local needs for...
Mapping the production of Ecosystem Services (ES) is imperative for sustainable ecosystem management. Likewise, incorporating expert knowledge enhances ES research. Here, we calculate eight multi-temporal ES indicators for mainland Portugal using a spatial modelling approach. These indicators are then integrated into the novel ASEBIO index—Assessme...
The evaluation of management in peri-urban agricultural and natural areas (PANAs) constitutes a complex topic, particularly when considering its scale in cities where landscape planning is a priority. Therefore, indicators are required to assess the non-material well-being, biodiversity, and quality of life of society, which are criteria of cultura...
Predicting how changes in weather patterns and land use jointly impact populations is a pressing task in ecology. Microclimate may play a key role in species’ local persistence by modulating regional weather effects. We lack sufficient empirical evidence to understand the relative effects of landscape structure and habitat conditions on intraspecif...
Context Predicting how changes in weather patterns and land use jointly impact populations is a pressing task in ecology. Microclimate may play a key role in species’ local persistence by modulating regional weather effects. We lack sufficient empirical evidence to understand the relative effects of landscape structure and habitat conditions on int...
Recognizing the ecological challenges, the paper explores data-driven workflow for urban and landscape planning through the incorporation of rewilding as a crucial factor of computational design. The proposed methodology unfolds in stages, beginning with comprehensive data collection, followed by data interpretation, creation of an informed space a...
This paper explores the integration of water sensitive urban design within public space planning using integrated 3D digital technologies. In traditional design processes, drainage and public space design often utilise distinct software and are led by different professionals, which creates significant communication barriers.Although civil and hydra...
This article presents a review of methodological advancements and transformative potential in participatory processes with young people in urban landscapes. It offers a framework understanding of current types of participatory processes in relation to urban landscape planning, and underlines lifeworld and action as two key components in transformat...
Agroecological transition requires research and actions at the scale of local territories, in which agricultural activities interact with the environment and natural resources depending on a territory’s spatial configuration. To support the agroecological transition, there is an urgent need to design and implement new spatial configurations. For th...
Street green spaces can effectively attenuate traffic noise, but the crucial role of coniferous trees and shrubs in the reduction of green space noise has not been systematically explored. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the mechanism of the influence of plant morphological characteristics and planting forms on the noise reduction effect u...
Wie lässt sich der Transformationsprozess in unseren Landschaften gestalten und wie kommen wir angesichts der großen Herausforderungen zu einer besseren Verständigung über eine zukunftsorientierte Raumentwicklung? Wie müsste sich Landschaftsplanung weiterentwickeln, wenn sie bei diesem Prozess dabei sein will?
Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigt sich der...
The "Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene" has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2019 under the category "cultural landscapes". The study analysed land use and landscape changes in the last six decades through spatial analyses and landscape metrics, identifying main changes and comparing similarities and differences b...
Negli ultimi anni sono stati pubblicati due decreti attuativi previsti dal Testo Unico per le Foreste e le Filiere Forestali (D. Lgs. 34/2018) e riguardanti la pianificazione forestale.Attraverso questi strumenti normativi si prospettano nuove opportunità per la pianificazione forestale in Italia, sia in termini di quantità di superfici sottoposte...
This study investigates the spatial and temporal variations in chromium (Cr) concentrations in Picea orientalis L., across different directions (north, east, south, and west) and plant organs (outer bark, inner bark, and wood) in a forested region. The research, conducted over eight age periods spanning 1980 to 2020, aimed to assess the effectivene...
Exploring the factors that drive changes in biodiversity is a hot and critically important topic in landscape ecology and biogeography. In this study, semi-structured citizen science data and bird distribution maps were employed to gather data from 2015 to 2020 for the calculation of bird species richness, the Shannon index, and the Pielou index in...
This paper addresses the issues of fragility and complexity of small towns, particularly regarding the Italian case. Results define a possible conjunction between the landscape historical characteristics and the creation of circuits for the usability of smaller centres that can be connected to each other, based on their features. A prototype schedu...
The proportion of intensive building and pavement of the urban environment reduces the level of comfort of the population, thus, the streets are nowadays considered to be the essential public outdoor space, where it is necessary to increase the comfort and well-being of the population by reducing the transport load. Historic urban centres are often...
Urban waterbody landscape planning necessitates the dual objectives of water quality improvement and landscape optimization to create a favorable aquatic ecological landscape environment. Taking Canghai Lake in Guangxi as a case study, the MIKE 21 hydro-environment simulation software was employed to establish a two-dimensional hydrodynamic and wat...
Ergebnisse der X-Student Research Group "Alles Wutbürger? Engagement und Protest in Konflikten um Landnutzung - ein Photovoice-Projekt", durchgeführt an der TU Berlin, Fachgebiet Landschaftsplanung und Landschaftsentwicklung, SoSe 2024. Gefördert von der Berlin University Alliance / StuROPx.
Landscape ecology, with its models and indicators and ecosystem services, can be the key to interpreting the processes and characteristics of a landscape. An applied methodology is presented in the case study of a peri-urban context (south of the city of Milan, northern Italy), where the urban-rural boundary is often abrupt and unmitigated, a chara...