Biodiversity in Urban Landscapes

An Illustrated Glossary
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-3-0356-3160-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 500 g

Biodiversity and the accommodation of humans and other-than-humans in urban spaces has been a key topic in landscape architecture. This book presents thirty terms central to biodiversity open space design in the form of a glossary.nOrganized in three complementary categories, these thirty key concepts such as aesthetics, care, coexistence, colonisation, conflict, disturbance, succession or symbiosis are explained and cross-referenced. They are then tied to many examples from all over Europe, ranging from small projects such as Auguste-Kent-Platz in Munich, on to medium-size Parc de les Glòries in Barcelona and large residential developments such as Nieuw Zuid in Antwerp or De Zaanse Helden in Zaandam. The guiding question of the volume is how open space design can foster these diverse living communities and their cohabitation within established urban fabrics.

• Contemporary European gardens, squares, parks, large-scale green spaces are analyzed in terms of their biodiversity strategies and multispecies coexistence
• Photographs and drawings of the case studies and poetic images of the key terms illustrate the glossary
• Support of biodiversity is a crucial concept in landscape architecture

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ronci, Manuela

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Über Autor(innen)

Manuela Ronci is a registered landscape architect and a postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Torino. She holds degrees in Landscape Architecture from Sapienza University of Rome (BA) and the University of Genoa (MSc), as well as a PhD in Urban and Regional Development from Politecnico di Torino and University of Turin. Her research focuses on the role of landscape architectural projects in the enhancement of urban biodiversity.
She is particularly interested in design strategies that foster the coexistence between humans and other-than-humans. She is a member of the editorial board of the international journal of landscape architecture "Topscape" and serves as section editor for the academic journal "Ri-Vista. Research for Landscape
Architecture". Co-author of forthcoming Birkhäuser book "Stormwater. Designing for Flood Management in Public Open Spaces" (2026).