Landscape planning and architecture
Landscape planning and landscape architecture include design and management of landscapes, i.e. cultural or natural land areas, urban as well as rural.
Landscape planning and architecture are also connected to architecture, ecology, environmental psychology, sociology, environmental communication and system theory.
Landscape planning is also a branch within forestry and includes road and cutting planning etc.
The book Prototypa! – now available in English
The book "Prototyping! Building places together" is now available in English to download as a pdf. This book was published in Swedish in 2023 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Gothenburg,
Masterclass Urban Futuring
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Moving towards more sustainable and just cities requires radical change. But current visions of future cities remain dominated by techno-utopias such as ‘smart cities’.
Maggie Roe appointed honorary doctor at SLU
Maggie Roe, Professor of Landscape and Co-Director of the Centre for Landscape, Newcastle University, UK, has been elected, by the faculty board, as one of three honorary doctors at the Faculty LTV
New book explores the interface between landscape and planning
From floods in New Orleans to forest fires in Västmanland. In a new book, researchers from a range of disciplines come together to examine how contemporary social and environmental changes are
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
Rising temperatures in urban areas pose a serious threat to public health – especially for the most heat-sensitive groups in society. During the third webinar in the series “Venue: Urban Landscapes,”
Five projects granted seed funding at SLU Urban Futures
To enhance the urban discourse at SLU and support landscape-oriented urban research, SLU Urban Futures has awarded seed funding to five projects focused on publishing inter- and transdisciplinary
Call for proposals: management plans for urban forests, parks and green spaces
Would you like to help shape the future of greener, healthier cities? The COST Action network invites municipalities across Europe to submit their management plans for urban forests, parks and green
Landscape PhD students from all over Europe met in Alnarp
15 PhD students from diverse knowledge fields gathered at SLU Alnarp to finalize the bi-annual PhD course on Landscape Governance and Management. Nature-Based Solutions was the main topic. Thomas
Children get to shape green spaces at Malmö Festival
axel.a.bengtsson@slu.se In August, SLU Urban Futures and Växtplats Botildenborg are organizing activities in Malmö Festival's Children's Land. The aim is to arouse children's interest in sustainable
New webinar series: Urban Waterscapes
Two lunch webinar opportunities will be available in June - one about Waterscapes in the biosphere and another about Urban fishing. Welcome to sign-up and participate! The Urban Waterscapes webinar
Combining fishers’ knowledge and monitoring data to understand the status of the blue urban commons in Stockholm City
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Waterbodies within cities are often drastically altered by humans through construction, the input of nutrients and hazardous substances, and the introduction of alien
Waterscapes in the biosphere: challenges, opportunities and emerging research themes
catherine.kihlstrom@slu.se Elias Regelin, Johan Hedin, Magnus Pamp from 'Biosfärområde Älvlandskapet Nedre Dalälven' will talk about the biosphere reserve and discuss different perspectives on