The growing use of urban and rural areas is increasing the demands on our environment. This affects a large variety of fields, such as flood protection, integration of transport and energy systems, and development of urban green areas.
In essays and presentations of the best projects realized, the book makes a local assessment of the challenges to landscape architecture today.
The increased use of urban and rural areas is placing more and more demands on the capabilities of our environment. Demographic trends, shrinkage and growth of cities, climate change, as well as energy policies lead to an ever-growing strain on the environment. Solar fields and bioenergy crops dominate the way in which land is now used, additional traffic and power lines cut up the landscape. With great effort, our existing infrastructure is gradually being adapted to the changing conditions.
It is not productive to look at the use of natural resources from a local point of view; it must be integrated into a larger context. Green infrastructure will require very different strategies, including measures for flood protection, for the integration of transport and energy systems, as well as for the development of city green areas. The social objective here is to increase the diversity and resilience of our environment, while limiting the effects of climate change
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