The Resilient Art for the Consolidated City by Valerio Morabito

“…Following the origin of Landscape Architecture along with the processes of exponential city growth characterizing the middle of the last century, a new generation of landscape architects was born during the 60’. Starting from the theories of Ian McHarg, they studied and developed methodologies to redesign new city sustainable models. …”
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Effects of landscape environmental settings on microclimate in enhancing pedestrian walking distance in tropical campus environment by Kasim, Zanariah

“…The findings provide new knowledge for landscape architects and urban planners in specifying appropriate microclimatic interventions to improve pedestrian comfort in tropical environments.…”
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First record of basal stem rot of foxtail palm Wodyetia bifurcata caused by Ganoderma boninense in Malaysia by Ahmad, Mohd Farid, Wan Azhar, Wan Muhd Azrul, ‪Samsuddin, Ahmad Syazwan, Lee, Shiou Yih, Mohamed, Rozi

“…Wodyetia bifurcata Irvine, commonly known as the foxtail palm, is a graceful palm species that has caught the interest of horticulturists and landscape architects due to the uniqueness of its foliage, fast growth, and lack of significant plant pests. …”
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Rhine Cities - Urban Flood Integration (UFI): German and Dutch Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies by Cornelia Redeker

“…Directly adressing the design practice, this research proposes to move from a spatial to a strategic design approach by: -involving architects, landscape architects, urban designers from the initial stage to enable their engagement also in the strategic design of a project; -enabling design to become part of a systemic approach that aims for capacity building and therefore includes ecological, economic and cultural conditions through a transdisciplinary approach; -making the invisible layers visible: Visualize systems/expert information to make them accessible and to enable communication between disciplines; -hosting design competitions in cooperation with local stakeholders bringing people and ideas together to trigger emergence; -applying back-casting strategies to move beyond existing conceptions: design may thus becomes “telescopic” and allow a challenge of existing givens, the visualization of concepts again playing a central role. …”
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