Urban Seascaping – a multispecies marine landscape approach to rethink the current boundary between the city and the sea

Abstract

Imagine a future where coastal cities evolve with marine ecologies as the sea level rises. “Urban Seascaping” is a design vision that turns the tide on traditional coastal development by asking: “How can coastal cities better integrate marine ecologies to redefine unsustainable urban growth in the face of climate change?” This visionary approach explores untapped possibilities for reimagining urban shorelines, placing the ocean’s living systems at the core of coastal life. It is about embracing and inviting the sea by spatially re-envisioning the dynamic interface between city and sea to ignite a deeper and more intuitive understanding of our neighbour