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A Classification of Landscape Services to Support Local Landscape Planning [PDF]

Ecology and Society, 2014
The ecosystem services approach has been proven successful to measure the contributions of nature and greenery to human well-being. Ecosystems have an effect on quality of life, but landscapes also, as a broader concept, may contribute to people's well-being.
Vallés-Planells, María, Galiana, Francisco, Van Eetvelde, Veerle   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Global Visualisation Engines – issues for urban landscape planning participation processes [PDF]

, 2008
Traditional planning processes use two-dimensional drawings, plans, sections, elevations and artists‟ impressions to communicate design intent to interested parties.
Horne, Margaret, Thompson, Emine Mine, Podevyn, Martin, Fisher, Peter   +3 more
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Making graph theory operational for landscape ecological assessments, planning, and design

, 2010
Graph theory and network analysis have become established as promising ways to efficiently explore and analyze landscape or habitat connectivity. However, little attention has been paid to making these graph-theoretic approaches operational within ...
Mörtberg, Ulla,, Zetterberg, Andreas,, Balfors, Berit,   +2 more
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Mapping human modification and conservation priorities across critical linkages of the Florida Wildlife Corridor

Discover Conservation
The Florida Wildlife Corridor is increasingly affected by intensifying human pressures, leading to cascading environmental changes that threaten ecological integrity and connectivity.
Eve Bohnett, Thomas Hoctor, Michael O’Brien, Elizabeth Thompson, Daniel J. Smith, Kathyrn Frank, Jon Oetting, Reed Noss   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The use of green infrastructure to increase the resilience of critical infrastructure to extreme weather events – A systematic literature review

Sustainable Environment
The protection of critical infrastructure (CI) from climate-driven extreme weather is becoming increasingly urgent as failures threaten public safety and essential services.
Johann Paul Neuhard, Dietwald Gruehn, Stefan Greiving   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landscape Design Dialogue. Bridging the gap between knowledge and action [PDF]

, 2010
Spatial planners and landscape architects do not excel in theory development. The authors, being a practicing landscape architect-planner and a planning scholar, explore new roads to a middle range theory of landscape design and planning.
Jonge, J.M., de, Valk, A.J.J., van der
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Peri-urban planning: A landscape perspective

, 2023
The management of peri-urban development has emerged as a new context of contemporary urban planning. Its dynamic and diverse nature presents major challenges and opportunities for urban sustainability.
Tan, Jiangdi, Zheng, Youxu, Gu, Kai
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Identifying levers of urban neighbourhood transformation using serious games

npj Urban Sustainability
Growing urban population and contemporary urban systems lock-in unsustainable urban development pathways, deteriorating the living quality of urban dwellers.
Johann S. Schuur, Michal Switalski, Nicolas Salliou, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heritage as a catalyst to enrich communal social capital in rural communities in the Republic of Korea

Built Heritage
The relationship between heritage and social capital remains comparatively underexplored in rural contexts, despite ongoing challenges such as the urban–rural divide, aging populations, and community depopulation.
Minki Sung, Tiancheng Ren, Mustapha Manga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energy poverty from a life cycle sustainability assessment perspective

Cleaner Environmental Systems
Energy poverty (EP) and energy security (ES) are complex, multi-dimensional challenges with profound environmental, economic, and social implications that persist in both developed and developing nations.
T.D. Gates, M. Hannouf, D. Gebremedhin, T.D. Beyene, G. Assefa, I.D. Gates   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source