Forest landscape restoration for climate-adaptive estates in the Baakse Beek region, Gelderland

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

Y. Wang Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

S. Nijhuis Landscape Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
W.N.J. Ursem BT/Botanical Garden Delft - AS (supervisor 1)
W.W.L.M. Wilms Floet Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
R.R.J. van de Pas Architectural Engineering - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 Yanjiao Wang
Climate change Estate landscape Baakse Beek Forest landscape restoration Culture heritage
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Published Date

28-08-2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The research focuses on the estate zone of the Baakse Beek region which is facing environmental problems mainly caused by historical human intervention and climate change. Besides, in the Vorden cluster, as the land use changing caused by intense land reclamation and consolidation, the current agriculture productive landscape makes it not easy to perceive the rich historical layers.
The main research method of this study is research by design and the main goal is to explore the potential of forest landscape restoration to increase the resilience of the estate landscape in the face of climate change and to promote their cultural-historical values and identity. By restoring forest landscape, it provides a green infrastructure to the estate zone to gain more spatial experience, ecological benefits, as well as cultural value, so that vulnerable aquatic eco-environment and cultural identity can be promoted.
The research aims to design a climate-adaptive estate landscape as a green infrastructure that connects the estates, local history, ecology value and societal value through forest landscape restoration. This thesis primarily focuses on the territory of two estates, Het Medler and De Wiersse, where ecological restoration of the aquatic eco-system and cultural-historical landscape experience can be strengthened utilizing forest landscape restoration.