Urban Landscape Management and Planning
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
2. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: human settlement environment theory and methods; landscape perception; human settlement landscape architecture and microclimate; urban green space systems engineering
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Interests: urban landscape; landscape perception and preference; biodiversity conservation; restorative environment
Interests: health benefits of green spaces; landscape perception; restorative environments; environmental psychology
Interests: rural landscape; landscape perception and preference; tourism planning
Interests: urban landscape; urban design; sports and health; tourism resort; AI programming
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid urbanization and profound socio-economic transformation occurring in the modern era, the urban landscape is undergoing unprecedented changes. Influenced by urban expansion, global climate change, and diverse social demands, future urban landscape practices should be focused on how to enhance the development of urban areas, with special attention given to the effects and mechanisms of green spaces as they relate to both psychological and physical health, aiming to improve quality of life and ensure a harmony between the built environment and human well-being.
Public health and urban landscape systems have been widely researched and discussed. Urban landscape management is evolving from the development of singular aesthetic designs towards comprehensive strategic systems that can integrate ecological, economic, social, and cultural considerations. This transformation inevitably involves multi-sector collaboration between government, academia, and the private sector, encompassing sustainable land-use solutions, green infrastructure development, big data and smart technologies, community engagement, and resilient ecosystems. These efforts are paving the way towards a sustainable urban landscape.
This Special Issue, titled “Urban Landscape Management and Planning”, will delve into foundational concepts, innovative technologies, practical cases, and planning strategies underpinning these changes in urban planning. The issue will explore the potential of the urban landscape to promote healthy behaviors and elevate life quality; the issue will also discuss how smart technologies, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary integration can infuse new vitality and sustainability into the urban landscape.
Relevant themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Impact of urban blue-green systems on public health.
- Planning of urban biodiversity and ecological networks.
- Climate change adaptation and low-carbon urban landscape design.
- Development of digital and smart landscape management systems.
- Research and emerging trends in resilient ecosystems.
- Human-centered urban landscape governance and community participation.
- Environmental justice and sustainability in urban landscape planning.
- Conservation and revitalization of urban historical landscapes.
- Management and restoration of urban waterbody landscapes.
- Planning and management of urban open spaces.
Prof. Dr. Binyi Liu
Prof. Dr. Ling Qiu
Dr. Mohamed Elsadek
Dr. Lin Zhang
Dr. Nan Wang
Dr. Yuting Yin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landscape planning
- landscape management
- urban landscape
- climate change
- health behavior
- stochastic model
- machine learning
- urban green space
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