Nature, Place & People : : Forging Connections Through Neighbourhood Landscape Design.

• Author: Tan, Puay-yok.
• TeilnehmendeR: Liao, Kuei-hsien.; Hwang, Yun Hye.; Chua, Vincent.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : World Scientific Publishing Company,, 2018.; Ã2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)

Table of 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 -- Typologies of green and open spaces in Singapore's public housing estates -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- 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 -- References -- Photo Credits -- Glossary -- Index.