Nature, Place & People.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tan, Puay-yok.

Contributor:

Liao, Kuei-hsien.

Hwang, Yun Hye.

Chua, Vincent.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Other Title:

Nature, Place & People

Place of Publication:

World Scientific Publishing Co. 2018

Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neighbourhood landscapes are the quintessential forms of urban landscapes in most cities worldwide. They are pervasive, and hence experienced by the large majority of urban dwellers in their everyday life. More than parks, nature reserves or nature areas which are visited as destinations, neighbourhood landscapes provide the most immediate, frequent and convenient form of nature experienced by urban dwellers on a daily basis. They are also valuable as social spaces to bring residents together, foster social ties, and strengthen communities. Despite their importance, surprisingly little has been written to guide the planning and design of neighbourhood landscapes. This book is written for a specific purpose, to illustrate how the design of neighbourhood landscapes helps to deliver more benefits for urban dwellers and, at the same time, protect ecosystems that facilitate human well-being. This is in turn important as the synergistic relationships between human well-being, quality of biophysical urban environment, and health of human–environment interactions fundamentally underpin urban sustainability. The authors emphasize the role neighbourhood landscapes play in forging connections between people and nature, people and people, and people and place. Most of all, the book highlights the role of focusing on people in this endeavour, as it is only when landscapes are appropriately designed, and when people recognize these benefits, that they become valued and protected as a community resource. This book is organized into two parts. Part 1 focuses on the conceptual foundations that underpin the neighbourhood landscape design guidelines being developed. In this section, the authors describe the key concepts relating functions of neighbourhood landscapes to the key urban development goals of sustainability, liveability and reliance; how they can be represented in a framework; and how a synthesis of current knowledge of cities as socio-ecological systems helps to identify principles that can guide the designing of neighbourhood landscapes. Part 2 is more application focused, and is centred on neighbourhood landscape design guidelines inspired by the concept of ecosystem services. The guidelines consist of design approaches, practical strategies, design targets and performance monitoring indicators for tracking the performance of neighbourhood landscapes. The book is written for readers in academia and design practice, and anyone who has a role in shaping neighbourhood landscapes for the benefit of urban dwellers.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword I

Foreword II

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

PART I: A Conceptual Framework for Designing Neighbourhood Landscapes

CHAPTER 1 Landscapes in Urban Areas

1.1 What are urban landscapes?

References

CHAPTER 2 Neighbhourhood Landscapes

2.1 Neighbourhoods and neighbourhood landscapes

2.2 Why neighbourhood landscapes matter

Neighbourhood landscapes occupy substantial space incities

Neighbourhoods landscapes are the "everyday landscapes" for the large majority of urbandwellers

Neighbourhood landscapes act as a medium connecting different stakeholders and forging asense of belonging to place and nation

Neighbourhood landscapes influence the ecological and biophysical conditions of neighbourhoods

2.3 Typologies of green and open spaces of neighbourhood landscapes

Typologies of green and open spaces in Singapore's public housing estates

Singapore's public housing

Typologies of green and open spaces

CHAPTER 3 A Conceptual Framework for Neighbourhood Landscape Design

3.1 Conceptual foundations

1. Neighbourhood landscapes need to be viewed through multidisciplinary lenses

2. Neighbourhood landscape design and management are connected to and serve the urban development goals of sustainability, liveability, and resilience

3. Neighbourhoods are urban ecosystems nested within a larger urban ecosystem

4. Neighbourhood landscapes generate landscape services which support human well-being

5. Neighbourhood landscapes form a value chain linking ecological processes to benefits for humans

6. Landscape design should be a transdisciplinary process translating normative goals into landscape changes

3.2 Conceptual framework for neighbourhood landscape design.

3.3 Principles and strategies for neighbourhood landscapes design

Principle 1 - Neighbourhood landscapes are ecosystems connected to larger ecosystems

Principle 2 - As part of a social-ecological system, social and ecological processes that interact in concert determine the character of neighbourhood landscapes

Principle 3 - Neighbourhood landscapes are dynamic

Principle 4 - Ecosystem functions remain important, even at the scale of neighbourhood landscapes

Principle 5 - Heterogeneity in neighbourhood landscapes promotes biodiversity and ecosystem functions

PART II: Guidelines for Neighbourhood Landscape Design

CHAPTER 4 Neighbourhood Landscape Development Process and Design Approaches

4.1 Neighbourhood landscape development process

4.2 Design approaches

4.2.1 Site-specific design

4.2.2 Integrated design

4.2.3 Participatory design

4.2.4 Biophilic design

CHAPTER 5 Designing Neighbourhood Landscapes with Landscape Services

5.1 Selection of landscape services for neighbourhoods

5.2 Tradeoffs in managing neighbourhood landscapes

5.3 Guidelines for neighbourhood landscape services

5.4 Soil

S1 Nutrient cycling

S2 Maintenance of soil quality

S3 Erosion control

5.5 Water

W1 Water cycling

W2 Flood hazard mitigation

W3 Stormwater and domestic wastewater treatment

W4 Water for irrigation

5.6 Flora and fauna

F1 Provision of habitat for biodiversity

F2 Mosquito control

F3 Fresh produce

5.7 Outdoor comfort

C1 Heat mitigation

C2 Noise abatement

5.8 People

P1 Sense of place

P2 Aesthetic values

P3 Social relations

P4 Environmental education

P5 Recreation

Photo Credits

Glossary

Index.

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ISBN:

981-323-603-5

OCLC:

1231606553

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access