Special Issue: Landscape Urbanism and Green Infrastructure

Abstract

With the notion of landscape urbanism long neglected, interlinkages between ecology and architecture in the built environment are becoming visible. Yet, the diversity in understandings of the interconnections between cities and nature is the starting point for our research interest. This volume contains nine thoroughly refereed contributions concerning a wide range of topics in landscape architecture and urban green infrastructure. While some papers attempt to conceptualize the relation further, others clearly have an empirical focus. Thereby, this special issue provides a rich body of work, and will act as a starting point for further studies on biophilic urbanism and integrative policies, such as the sustainable development goals of the United Nations.

Landscape Urbanism—Retrospective on Development, Basic Principles and Application

“…The connection between landscape urbanism and urban green infrastructure is visible in many spheres of today's practice [1]. In principle and theoretically, they are connected by the understanding of "city as landscape", in which the landscape is an important city-building element and a medium that does not follow architecture but is an equally important morphological structural component of the city.…”

“…Cities grow into megalopolises and become more and more multi-layered creations of complex social, economic and ecological relations. It is also predicted that the global population will grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to almost 10 billion by the middle of the century, and that urban areas will absorb this projected growth [1]. Rapid urban growth represents potential for economic and social development, at the same time causing ecosystem degradation through unsustainable and inflexible patterns of urban life and urbanization.…”

Implementacja „żyjących Fasad” Na Osiedlach Mieszkaniowych Z Wielkiej Płyty Jako Element Adaptacji Miast Do Zmian Klimatu Na Przykładzie Warszawy

“…Wzrost liczby ludności na świecie przyczynia się do zwiększenia powierzchni miast, co ma wpływ na wieloaspektowe zmiany -między innymi globalne ocieplenie (Panagopoulos 2019). Skutkiem tego zjawiska jest wzrost temperatury powietrza i występowanie fal upałów, deszczów nawalnych czy też podnoszenie się poziomu mórz i oceanów (Europejska Agencja Środowiska 2020), a także zwiększenie się częstotliwości występowania katastrof naturalnych.…”

Identifying Key Sites of Green Infrastructure to Support Ecological Restoration in the Urban Agglomeration

“…The pandemic outbreak of 2020 highlights the necessity to deal with the dark side of the global city and the necessity to guarantee open and healthy GI [12][13][14]. Therefore, how to construct and optimize regional GI economically and effectively is crucial for the sustainable development of urban ecosystems under the background of land scarcity [15][16][17].…”