Fishermen landscape-From water to land: Develop resilient principles to rebuild gradient-landscape in PRD

The Pearl River Delta (PRD) has always been one of the centers of gravity for China's economic development. Over the past few decades, the PRD has been undergoing urban development at an astonishing rate, but this development momentum has begun to wane in recent years. The development dividend initially gained from the manufacturing industry is...

The River Rotte Fish Migration Project: A bayesian Network approach for fish habitat suitability

The political interest in fish habitat suitability and, consequently, of fish populations has increased. The fish habitat suitability is a key factor for successful ecological restoration, for example via dam removal and implementation of fish passage. Furthermore, the fish population composition determines the ecological quality of water bodies...

A Regenerative Brownfield development: Architecture towards a Third Generation London

Over the years, the Anthropocentric societies are to blame for the problematic urban environments they have created. Within the current paradigm, our destructive behavior towards the natural environment has caused a major decline in biodiversity. To restore the ecology in our contemporary urban environment, we require a turning strategy. This is...

Restoration and Revivla of Tonghu Area: A resilient landscape framework that provides conditions for urban transformation and ecological restoration

This project proposed a resilient landscape framework that provides urban transformation and ecological restoration conditions while improving flooding capacity and biodiversity in the Tonghu area. The design exploration focuses on three scales- regional, local and detailed scales, addressing different problems. Principles and strategies from...

Engineering an Ecological Civilization Along Shanghai’s Main Waterfront and Coastline: Evaluating Ongoing Efforts to Construct an Urban Eco-Network

Recent ecological civilization policies make clear that China is willing to play a leading role in a sustainable green transition. But there are still discrepancies in definitions, appreciation and evaluation of ecological assets. This paper examines how Shanghai works on a sustainability transition, with a focus on its main urban waterfronts...

Remaking "Nature": An Ecological Transition Towards A Sustainable Landscape

Wetlands are the most important ecosystems on Earth, which can be found in many parts of the world. However, demand for food and economic development in the last century had driven many wetlands in the world being completely drained for cultivation and to the extent that no longer retain any natural wetland characteristics such as the Everglades...

Biscayne bay: Turn the tide: An integrated landscape approach for coastal restoration in Biscayne Bay through spatial and ecological interventions

The coastline of South Florida has undergone a drastic change in the last century and this has had a major impact on flood safety and natural resources of its inhabitants. Natural coastlines supporting mangrove and wetland have been transformed into seawalls with buildings. It is estimated that in the last 100 years, 40 percent of the mangrove...

Enhancing eco-engineering of coastal infrastructure with eco-design: Moving from mitigation to integration

Eco-design aims to enhance eco-engineering practices of coastal infrastructure projects in support of ecological functions before these projects are developed and implemented. The principle is to integrate eco-engineering concepts in the early phases of project design. Although ecological losses are inherent in any construction project, the...