Landscape Urbanism
6 August 2001 - 12:00pm
The objective is to create a seamless green urban fabric: fusion, rather than division, is the order of the day.
Placing open-space concerns at the core of the planning and design of urban areas is a strategy that is quickly becoming important in the health and vitality of cities. It also could lead to a retooling of urban design and a blurring of the boundaries that this discipline shares with architecture, landscape architecture, and civil engineering.
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Urban Land Magazine, July 15, 2001
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