Landscape Design of Urban Green Space Adaptive to Global Climate Change a Review

Low-carbon city provide both opportunity and challenge for landscape architecture. Urban green space planning and design are the most important way to achieve the landscape adaptive to globe climate change. In this paper, we introduced importance and significance of urban green space in low-carbon landscape, and reviewed many new design solutions, such as construction of green infrastructure, protection of natural vegetation and ecosystems, use of phytoremediation and application of urban productive landscape. Via innovative design solution and ecological principle, landscape architects would create a substantially new aesthetics to ensure the survivance of humanity.

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Close-To-Nature Heuristic Design Principles for Future Urban Green Infrastructure

Urban Planning ◽

10.17645/up.v6i4.4451 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 67-79

Author(s):

Saruhan Mosler ◽

Peter Hobson

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Green Infrastructure ◽

Green Space ◽

Design Principles ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Systems Science ◽

Urban Green ◽

Urban Green Infrastructure ◽

Impacts Of Climate Change

The global nature-climate crisis along with a fundamental shift in world population towards cities and towns has sharpened the focus on the role of urban green infrastructure. Green infrastructure has the potential to deliver cost-effective, nature-based solutions to help mitigate problems of climate change as well as provide improved human well-being through the ecosystem services inherent in landscapes rich in biodiversity. The absence of under-pinning science, specifically complex systems science and ecosystem theory in the design and planning of urban green infrastructure, has limited the capacity of these landscapes to deliver ecosystem services and to effectively demonstrate natural resilience to the impacts of climate change. To meet future challenges of environmental uncertainty and social change, the design of urban green space should embrace an adaptive ecosystem-based approach that includes fully integrated participatory planning and implementation strategies founded on principles of close to nature science. Our article offers two models to inform green space planning: urban green space framework and sustainable urban community network. Both concepts provide the foundation for six ecosystem-based design principles. In a case study on Essex green infrastructure, UK, recommendations made by the Essex Climate Action Commission to transform land management practices are presented as examples of adopting principles of the ecosystem approach and nature-based science. Our article concludes by emphasising the importance of reconnecting society with nature in cities through close-to-nature design of urban green space to secure essential ecosystem services and to build resilience to the impacts of climate change.

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Climate change impacts and urban green space adaptation efforts: Evidence from U.S. municipal parks and recreation departments

Urban Climate ◽

10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100962 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

pp. 100962

Author(s):

Yuan (Daniel) Cheng ◽

James R. Farmer ◽

Stephanie L. Dickinson ◽

Scott M. Robeson ◽

Burnell C. Fischer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Green Space ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Parks And Recreation ◽

Urban Green ◽

Space Adaptation

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Selection and Design of Ornamental Plants for Low-Carbon Urban Landscape: A Review

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.174-177.2314 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 174-177 ◽

pp. 2314-2317 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jian Zhang ◽

Yan Hui Sui

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Green Space ◽

Carbon Fixation ◽

Urban Landscape ◽

Carbon Sink ◽

Ornamental Plants ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Urban Green ◽

Natural Carbon

Urban green space is the sole natural carbon sink without energy consumption. Carbon sequestration capability of plant and soil depends on plant species and community structure in some content. In this paper, some studies on screening ornamental plants according to the capability of carbon absorption and sequestration and their impact on soil organic carbon were reviewed. In the whole, these results are not comprehensive and more researches need be explored. Some methods of plant landscape design were put forward, such as multistoried community structure, protection of urban natural vegetation, productive urban landscape and shading or blocking wind for building, which are very effective to filter out ornamental plant with high capability of carbon fixation and to construct rational plant landscape for low-carbon urban green space.

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Geoinformation support for urban green space planning in the conditions of climate change (by the case of Kyiv)

10.3997/2214-4609.20215521007 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

O. Havrylenko ◽

Ye. Tsyhanok ◽

P. Shyshchenko ◽

V. Samoilenko ◽

L. Bilous

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Green Space ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Space Planning ◽

Urban Green

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A MSPA-Based Approach of Urban Green Space System Planning

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.5972 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 518-523 ◽

pp. 5972-5979

Author(s):

Qing Chang ◽

Yao Qiu ◽

Xue Li ◽

Jian Sheng Wu

Keyword(s):

Green Infrastructure ◽

Green Space ◽

Life Support ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Green Spaces ◽

Spatial Pattern Analysis ◽

Space System ◽

Urban Green ◽

Urban Green Spaces ◽

Land Use Decisions

Urban green spaces are considered as the life support system in a city, if systematically planned, developed, and maintained, they may provide various ecosystem services in a sustainable way. By integrating the morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and the green infrastructure (GI) network based on GIS, this study provided an urban green space planning method to guide urban sustainable spatial development and land use decisions in the Longgang District of Shenzhen in China. The approach has a robust performance in identifying the vital hubs and linkages in the urban green space system. It is hoped that this plan model based on MSPA, the function connectivity of urban green spaces could be farther strengthened so that some key zones in landscape pattern could be protected in the future development.

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Investigating the Patterns and Dynamics of Urban Green Space in China’s 70 Major Cities Using Satellite Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs12121929 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 1929 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Wenhui Kuang ◽

Yinyin Dou

Keyword(s):

Green Infrastructure ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Green Space ◽

Urban Ecosystem ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Western China ◽

Urban Green ◽

Effective Strategies ◽

Data Platform ◽

Western Zone

Urban green space (UGS) plays a pivotal role in improving urban ecosystem services and building a livable environment for urban dwellers. However, remotely sensed investigation of UGS at city scale is facing a challenge due to the pixels’ mosaics of buildings, squares, roads and green spaces in cities. Here we developed a new algorithm to unmix the fraction of UGS derived from Landsat TM/ETM/8 OLI using a big-data platform. The spatiotemporal patterns and dynamics of UGSs were examined for 70 major cities in China between 2000 and 2018. The results showed that the total area of UGS in these cities grew from 2780.66 km2 in 2000 to 6764.75 km2 in 2018, which more than doubled its area. As a result, the UGS area per inhabitant rose from 15.01 m2 in 2000 to 18.09 m2 in 2018. However, an uneven layout of UGS occurred among the coastal, western, northeastern and central zones. For example, the UGS percentage in newly expanded urban areas in the coastal zone rose significantly in 2000–2018, with an increase of 2.51%, compared to the decline in UGS in cities in the western zone. Therefore, the effective strategies we have developed should be adopted to show disparities and promote green infrastructure capacity building in those cities with less green space, especially in western China.

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Urban Green Space Arrangement for an Optimal Landscape Planning Strategy for Runoff Reduction

Land ◽

10.3390/land10090897 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 897

Author(s):

Byungsun Yang ◽

Dongkun Lee

Keyword(s):

Green Infrastructure ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Green Space ◽

Water Cycle ◽

Urban Green Space ◽

Space Distribution ◽

Urban Water ◽

Stormwater Treatment ◽

Urban Green ◽

Urban Water Cycle

Increased impervious surfaces due to urbanization have reduced evaporation and infiltration into the soil compared with existing natural water cycle systems, which causes various problems, such as urban floods, landslides, and deterioration of water quality. To effectively solve the urban water cycle issue, green infrastructure using urban green space has emerged to reduce runoff and increase evaporation. It has the advantage of restoring the water cycle system of urban areas by complementing the failure of conventional stormwater treatment systems. However, urban areas under high-density development have limited green space for stormwater treatment. Hence, it is necessary to efficiently utilize street trees and small green spaces to improve the urban water cycle through green space. In this study, we simulated different green space distribution scenarios in the virtual domain to find the optimal strategy of green space planning. Compared to clustered scenarios, dispersed green space distribution scenarios and placing green space downstream were more effective in reducing the runoff amount. The paper provides insights into the considerations for determining green space spatial plan and zoning regulations for stormwater treatment by green infrastructure.

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