Human–Nature Relations in Urban Landscape Planning, Second Edition
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: regenerative design; nature-driven urbanism; foodscapes; climate adaptation; spatial sea level landscapes; sustainable urban design; complexity
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Interests: sustainable development; urban planning; land use planning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The role that current urbanization processes play in increasing the pressure on the planetary system requires a fundamental rethink of the way cities are planned, designed, and developed. The current planning of urban landscapes is dominated by a human-centric view. This often leads to the planning being orientated toward the short term, predictable planning outcomes based on recent history, and decisions being taken by a small group of human decision-makers. Alternatively, a symbiotic human–nature relationship could be the prelude to a balanced future in which sustaining human and non-human organisms prevails.
This Special Issue asks for novel research that focuses on the use of landscape and local and regional ecosystems, and uses the ecological landscape as a determinant for how human and urban activities function, are laid out, are planned for, and are designed. Such a resilient (urban) ecosystem is paramount for further urban development, and therefore it creates the spatial conditions for the urban landscape to function in its most natural way.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Prof. Dr. Rob Roggema
Dr. Nico Tillie
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban landscape
- urban ecosystem
- landscape planning
- spatial planning
- resilient design
- landscape design
- landscape-based urban design
- design-led approach
- green and blue grids
- nature-based solutions
- biourbanism
- regenerative design
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