Low impact urban design and development (LIUDD) : matching urban design and urban ecology
Abstract
This paper outlines the roles that ecological concepts and the practice of landscape design have in achieving sustainable and healthy cities of the future. This approach is embodied in the Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD) movement. We describe studio exercises conducted for the students at Lincoln University in the Landscape Architecture Group to illustrate the evolution of thinking and implementation of LIUDD principles in some complementary case studies from Christchurch City and Lincoln Village. We review the theory, experience and
justification for integrating biodiversity into urban environments.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
urban design; urban ecology; environmental impact; biological diversity; sustainable development; nature heritage; Low Impact Urban Design and Development (LIUDD); city planningFields of Research
1201 ArchitectureDate
2008-07Type
Journal ArticleCollections
Citation
Ignatieva, M., Stewart, G., & Meurk, C.(2008). Low impact urban design and development (LIUDD) : matching urban design and urban ecology. Landscape review, 12(2), 61-73.Related items
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