Landscape narratives have the potential of being powerful design tools. Designing with narratives may provide new opportunities, shaping conditions for new possibilities and stories. The project focuses on the gap between the theory of the landscape narratives and the practical application in the field; emphasizing the interconnection between the design elements which are essential for construction and the type of narrative. Starting from the theory of landscape narratives the spatial ways of the representation of time are discussed; followed by a further investigation of the way continuous landscape narratives may be translated into spatial architectural compositions which implicitly are presented in the materials, experiences, sequences and processes of landscape forming and resulting in a suggestion for a methodological framework for designing with landscape narratives, including instruments for analyzing, constructing the narrative, spatial translation and implementation.

In the agricultural sector farming methods and upscaling of farmland are problematic for biodiversity and survival of farm businesses. Not all farmers can compete on the large scale, so the farmer has to find other ways of adding value to their product or business. One of the methods that will be used for that is the Material Flow Analysis to analyze a farm's outputs, for this a farmer was contacted to conduct a case study. A combination of production and landscaping measures can balance the scale towards a more viable countryside with positive ecological impact. This results in lower-intensity farming businesses that are not yet economically viable, to achieve this cooperation is essential and support from society must be enhanced.

Biodiversity of Dutch cities is degreasing with troublesome rate. A green roof system implemented on pitched roofs can improve biodiversity. This roof system consists of a lightweight roof tile, a planter, breeding box for birds, and insect hotel. A 1:1 test is performed to gain knowledge about the performance of this system and growth of plants.

In Assam, North-eastern India, the human population has been growing rapidly, which inevitably brings more urbanization and expansion of agricultural lands, leading to deforestation and the disappearance of natural habitats for wild animals. In connection with that, new highways and train tracks are being built, cutting through the already shrinking natural areas. One of the species that especially suffer from these issues is the Asian elephant. Facing a food shortage and being pushed out of their natural habitats, the elephants increasingly often come to search for food in villages and fields, making them a threat to vulnerable rural communities. This project approaches this highly contested landscape from an urban ecology perspective and analyses the reasons and aspects of the human-elephant conflict and aims to formulate a landscape-based strategy for a landscape of human and wildlife coexistence. A regional vision for the study area of Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat districts in central Assam is proposed. In this report, the reader will find a conceptual plan for the research area that includes building green corridors and new spaces for wildlife. Part of the project are strategies to achieve the coexistence of humans and animals and two case studies, in which these strategies were tested on specific sites.

This thesis is a qualitative thesis depicting the way a design strategy can be constructed for a nature inclusive building by giving an example case. By first doing a set of case studies of projects describing themselves as nature inclusive and looking into their design strategy, then applying this to a case location together with the help of literature and an urban ecologist to test if this is a reliable way of designing. The main findings of this paper are that to set up a design strategy that is actually nature inclusive, the location needs to be thoroughly studied with the help of experts in the field of ecology to translate natures requirements to design elements.

Waste streams from cruise ships come back into nature which negatively influences the environment. Research has shown that actions need to be taken to reduce climate change. Not only the government should take their responsibility, but also other businesses, like the cruise industry. The cruise industry is a growing business and cruise ships have an environmental impact. This study aims to contribute to the development of sustainable, circular cruise ships. Specifically, the gas, fluid, and solid waste streams. The final product is a roadmap, based on waste stream analyses, towards a set of targets and goals. This master thesis, examines which steps need to be taken, focusing on the three waste streams to make the transition towards circular cruise ships following the City-zen method to comply with the UN sustainable development goals. Three roadmaps are made, with three different levels of ambition; 1. Fully Circular, 2. Collaboration Ship & Land, and 3. Positive effect on the environment to find the best way to design a sustainable cruise ship. The research can be subdivided into four main sections, background information, waste stream analysis, master planning, and conclusions. These four main sections are all in relation to the case study, cruise ships from Royal Caribbean Ltd. A literature study is conducted to obtain the needed information. The results show that it is impossible to ensure that no waste enters the environment under the conditions made for the specific roadmaps. On this basis, a combination of the three roadmaps and their technical solutions is made to design the sustainable circular cruise ship. The final design for retrofit cruise ships and newly built cruise ships is not fully circular. The treated black and grey water and bilge water still contain pollutants that come back into the sea. However, the emissions from the gas stream are reduced or fully eliminated, more pollutants are removed from the black, grey and bilge water, pollutant by-products are recycled on land, heat is recovered and reused, clean products as biogas, biodiesel and struvite are produced, seawater as ballast water is not needed, and non-hazardous and hazardous waste is reduced, reused and recycled. These adjustments and additions should be added to prevent waste discharge into the environment. This research also shows that the same design principles and interventions used in cities and building complexes can also be implemented on cruise ships, like the New Stepped Strategy, Cradle to Cradle, material passport, plants, heat pumps, and the energy exchange principle. Further research is needed into technical systems to treat and prevent waste from entering the environment and into other criteria like cost, energy consumption, needed materials and emissions.

My thesis is called “Edible Landscapes” where I inquire/analyse/propose a more resilient and self-sustainable agricultural production system.The populations around the world continue rising. The projected statistics suggest that by 2050 the world’s population will likely increase by >35% and in order to feed the increasing population we need to double the crop production.The current structure of the food system lies at the center of a nexus of global problems, stretching from poverty to environmental degradation. The increase in food production needed to meet the anticipated demands of the near future cannot be achieved by simply extrapolating current trends in production and consumption. A continuation of the recent historical trends of expansion and intensification will undermine the very resource base on which the food system itself depends.In order to address this, I used the system of Permaculture to shift from a mono-cultural farming policy to a more multi-story polyculture farming strategy which, along with yields, also attempts to regenerate biodiversity, community interaction and works with nature rather than against it.I ended up designing tool-kit and policy (which I tested on Parkstad, Limburg) which could also be used to shift from a conventional farming structure to a more resilient one by making the process self-sustainable and one which improves the natural layer around it.

For this graduation project, the Dutch Wadden Sea Region is chosen as analysis context. It contains both the Wadden Sea and mainland near the Wadden Sea. For the coastal part, there are tidal mud flats, shoals, barrier islands and fertile marshlands. Besides, the coastal area is occupied by several villages and towns. By all of these elements, this region is known as a natural resource area and a tourism destination for the population of the urbanized areas in the interior (Otto, 2001). The Wadden Sea Region also has rich cultural heritage, which gives evidence of interaction between human and nature. This resulted in a great diversity of geographical landscapes and a wealth of natural values (Otto, 2001). Besides, the region is important not only for nearby country, but also for few areas with comparable physical conditions, which means adaptive strategies developed here can be used as patterns and models for other development all over Europe and even the world. Right now, this region is facing a set of environmental, social-economic and demographical problems, like: sea level rise, coastal erosion, hydrological changes, weak economic potential (less competitive and less high skilled), unemployment, population decline and survival of typical landscape elements as well as some other legacy (Wim, 2013, Britas et al., 2010, Heike et al., 2005, Otto,2001). In conclusion, tidal movements, extreme weather conditions and processes of erosion, sedimentation make the Wadden Sea Region very dynamic. Besides, the cultural heritage is rich and diverse. No matter nature or culture in the Wadden Sea Region, they are both characterized by continuous interaction of traditional and current needs. This region will be constantly challenged by urban innovations, economic conjunctions and political realities (Otto, 2001).

As petroleum depletion and climate change becoming evident, it is relevant for urban designers and planners to think within a new energy paradigm contextualized by post-petroleum era. This report combines drosscape and energy landscape theory with post-petroleum planning, and tests this proposed method in Daqing, an oil city located in the northeast fringe of China. The present conditions of Daqing are analysed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the situation. Scenario building is then applied as a scholarly research method to deal with the future uncertainties in the hypothetical post-petroleum context, and picture spatial consequences of Daqing powered by renewable energy. Among the possible futures, two scenarios concerning renewable energy supply a base, upon which series of spatial strategies are delineated. This report is a research-based design – an experiment of using landscape (especially the abandoned petroleumscape) to facilitate renewable energy production and pursue urban economic and energy resilience, while improving the spatial quality of Daqing.

Biodiversity is declining, urbanization is increasing, and the pressure on urban greenery is rising. Nature inclusive design can provide a solution. The research paper investigates the current trend of nature inclusive design, the architectural interventions that can be used in nature inclusive design and urban ecology in the Netherlands, to be able to answer the main research question: How does the integration of nature inclusive design interventions into the building envelope support local biodiversity in an urban environment? Connecting species to architectural interventions, the research provides parameters to guide the design of a mixed-use development in Sloterdijk. Creating private and public green spaces, with a selection of vegetation based on orientation and their value to the natural environment, Humboldt strives to be a natural hotspot that functions within new and improved green network of Amsterdam.

In urban areas, river courses have often been modified to a large extent to meet human needs. This modification has led to a decrease in ecological quality and biodiversity at both local and regional scales. Berlin is an example of a city with substantially modified rivers and decreased biodiversity. Rivers have been modified the most in dense neighborhoods near the city center. There is a need to improve urban river ecosystems in the context of a nationwide and worldwide decrease in biodiversity. The importance of urban green spaces increases for people in cities as well in the context of climate change. However, green spaces and their benefits are not equally distributed throughout the city, with socio-economically disadvantaged people generally having poorer access to green spaces and suffering more from environmental stress factors, such as noise pollution and heat stress. This environmental justice problem can be mitigated by making neighborhoods greener, but open space is often rather limited in the city. Therefore, this graduation project aimed to improve the ecological value of rivers and environmental justice simultaneously with ecological design for existing green spaces. The project focuses on the Panke River, a highly modified river that flows through neighborhoods with a substantial environmental justice problem. Design principles have been formulated based on scientific theory about ecological design and design for equitable green space access. These principles were combined in a design vision for a small area along the Panke River in the district Gesundbrunnen. The resulting design showed that it is possible to significantly improve both the ecological value of river ecosystems and environmental justice with ecological design for existing green spaces. The Panke River can be both an ecological corridor and a green structure that connects neighborhoods. The diverse riverbank landscape with an alternation of ecological and recreational focus areas is a high-quality public green space with improved ecological quality.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies offer a renewable alternative to power generation that is based on fossil fuels; however, to meet the rising demand in electricity a substantial amount of surface area is required. This will inevitably lead to the installment of these systems on agricultural land, subsequently intensifying the land-use conflict and threatening food security. To alleviate this, the use of agrophotovoltaic (APV) systems is investigated, which enable the simultaneous production of food and renewable energy. More specifically, the aim of this thesis is to determine the optimal topology for a medium-scale and stationary bifacial APV array, which is simulated under the climate of Boston, USA (42.37˚N, 71.01˚W). Irradiance modelling is performed with Radiance’s raytracing algorithm in combination with the daylight coefficient approach of Daysim and the Perez All Weather sky model, which is then coupled to the crop and electrical yield models to determine the overall land productivity. The modelling approach used is robust, while offering flexible manipulation of the array’s deployment configuration, which is crucial for multivariable optimization. The integration of bifacial PV offers various synergistic effects mainly due to the amplified ground irradiance necessary for crop growth. Owing to the decreased PV density and high elevation from ground, rear irradiance homogeneity and bifacial gain are enhanced. Widening of the row spacing resulted in a logarithmic increase of the incident ground irradiation, while the overall energy yield portrayed a negative exponential trend, which is attributed to the use of bifacial modules. East-west (E-W) facing and vertically installed topologies are better suited for shade intolerant species, or permanent crops since they permit additional light penetration, especially during the winter months. In contrast, south-north (S-N) facing and latitude inclined arrays lead to intense and non-homogeneous shading that is unfavorable for growth during winter or for crops that cannot acclimate to shade; nonetheless, energy yield and land equivalent ratio (LER) are significantly enhanced. Unlike previous studies where only conventional modules were examined, here the potential of a customized one is inspected to assess whether blueberries can grow effectively under shade. By integrating such a module in an E-W hinged PV topology, which is associated with the most optimal shading patterns and schedule, the agrivoltaic performance is optimized. In comparison to the reference case, the land’s productivity is increased by 59% with a reduction in electrical yield by a third. Through this holistic approach that incorporates a multi-scale sensitivity analysis, it is possible to achieve a spherical understanding of the limitations and potential synergies associated with the dual use of land, ultimately encouraging the sustainability of the agricultural sector.

Understanding the perceived stimuli and barriers by private homeowners is key knowledge to realise effective climate adaptive policy and consequently the adoption of SSCAM by homeowners. Q-methodology was used to unravel the perspectives of 25 homeowners from the Vruchtenbuurt, Den Haag and Hillegersberg-Zuid, Rotterdam on climate adaptation. The Model of Proactive Private Adaption to Climate Change structured the Q-methodology and was complemented with a policy analysis into climate adaptive policy of Den Haag and Rotterdam and a literature review of SSCAM. Four perspective groups, called factors, were identified amongst homeowners, : 1) Major problem, but what is the solution?!, 2) Together we make it better!, 3) I don't know how I am part of a solution and 4) Act when it is needed. The diversity of homeowners' perspectives implies no one-size-fits-all solution exists to stimulate adoption of SSCAM, two policy instruments which take this into account are proposed. Firstly, an extensive communication strategy is advised which clarifies the need for climate adaptive measures, establishes a relation with homeowners and stimulates homeowner's participation through an adaptive network. This should be complemented with an enabling instrument for garden and roof SSCAM, which can be tailored to the different barriers and stimuli perceived by the perspectives.

In this thesis project, a landscape architectural framework is made for a selected site in the Parkstad Limburg region. The design proposal for this region serves as a possible outcome of this framework, based on design principles and generic objectives. Parkstad Limburg used to be a wealthy region due to the thriving mining industry. The closing of these mines meant economic decline and the neglect of this region. To counter these consequences, many initiatives focus on the recovery and improvement of the landscapes’ qualities. Nature development for recreational use along the brooks, for instance, has started to greenify the landscape. The agricultural lands, however, are dealing with more challenges than the landscapes’ attractiveness. Soil compaction, erosion, and a poor carbon cycle are under discussion. The large scale agricultural practice also influenced the ecological value of these lands. Small landscape elements have been removed, resulting in shrinking biodiversity. New agricultural models are developing, such as agroforestry, food forests, and carbon farming. Their currently small scale implementations do not achieve great impact. Agroecology should be practiced on a larger scale to realize its potential benefits for food production, recreational experience, and contribution to biodiversity. The basic design objective is to increase the coverage of the agricultural land with woody plants, such as trees. Especially along the slopes, these reforestations can add value, due to their ability to stabilize the soil and reduce the water run-off. Besides forest coverage, open landscapes are equally important to biodiversity. These open landscapes provide wide views. The allocation of the forested plots should consider these existing valuable views. For the design of the high and flat plateaus, agroforestry systems are applied, to preserve these views and profit from the flat surface. On these lands, conventional crops can be cultivated. The additions of production forest typologies are placed along the slopes. Food forests are shaped in strips, following the height-lines. This strip-cultivation ensures an easy harvest method. There are also less rationally organized forests which are for wood production. Wood production which supports the development of a sustainable wood industry for high-quality use. Besides tools or furniture, a revolution in wooden architecture is at hand. The landscape architectural framework aims for the synergy of the ecological processes and the productivity of the landscape. Separation of these systems have caused problems for one another, but working together could be beneficial for both. Combining multifunctional use with recreational experiences increases awareness and support for this shift in our cultivated landscapes. The result is a future proof, ecologically and economically healthy landscape.

This research aims to re-envision the city, understanding it as a living system where change creates growth and renewal, and where uncertainty is our new normal. The continuous struggle between cities and nature, forces human settlements to look for stability and safety, trying to control the dynamics and flows of underlying landscapes. In Chile, this tension is present in many urban settlements trying to deal with the natural dynamics. Chile, as a territory, is exposed to multiple dynamic natural forces such as the Pacific. With a coast line of 6.435 km, that is defined by the collision of two tectonic plates in constant movement, this regularly triggers a series of natural disasters that affect cities in different ways and degrees in the country. Concepción has been affected severely during the last two decades. Concepción is a coastal urban area that has grown into the flood plain of two river mouths and an ecological important tidal coastal wetland landscape. Although Concepción is built in a wet soil, city and water never meet; there is a dissociation where one is superimposed on the other. Furthermore, the whole system is increasingly at risk due to the urban pressure of the expanding city, resulting in degradation of ecosystems and natural infrastructure and with that exposing the coastal city to even more frequent and severe natural hazards. The key opportunity to face the existing challenges does not lie in the primacy of one system upon the other. Both, city and landscape need to interact in a more redefined way, looking for multifunctional structures and a new awareness of the importance of the presently disrupted landscape. What is a new resilient urban landscape backbone? The following research resulted in a void adaptive network based on design principles: 1.Value the natural system as the base infrastructure for the future city. 2. Use of voids (unplanned spaces) as an emergent, autonomous and self-organized network to create redundancy and multifunctional spaces for risk management. 3. Reformulate the city as a provider of nature: larger green spaces, landscape connectivity and protection of the ecological values of the existing nature. Applying these steps lead to a resilient spatial framework for the city of Concepción that can provide more stability and safety against natural disasters. The designed backbone was consequently tested in a few natural disaster scenarios and adapted where necessary. This approach can be applied in other cities with similar challenges.

The negative effects of global climate change are experienced more clearly every day, meaning that significant alterations across all causing sectors are necessary. However, the influence of the building industry as one of the most polluting sectors, is immense, but therefore this industry also has a high potential in mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions by applying circular design principles, such as circulating products and materials, and thereby designing a more sustainable, circular and healthy living environment. Additionally, increasing the amount of nature in the built environment will also contribute to this manner, nonetheless the ongoing trend of urbanisation causes a challenging dilemma between facilitating more residences and adding extra nature to the cities. Hence, new strategies of greening cities are essential to resolve this problem, at which utilising building envelopes as hosting surfaces for fostering vegetation and fauna form a highly potential solution. Therefore, the main objective of this thesis is to design a low-tech, three-dimensional, circular façade cladding system which utilises waste materials and fosters local biodiversity in urban areas. To properly design and develop this cladding system, research has been conducted through literature and case study review in the fields of circular design and biodiversity implementation in the façade industry and by physical and digital design experimentation and modelling. Whereas, the research phase resulted in various potential low-tech manufacturing techniques, suitable reclaimed materials, modular and Design-for-Disassembly design principles and a selection of building-reliant flora and fauna species to implement in the design of the system, collectively facilitating the guidelines for the design phase. Finally, after an extensive design process a three-dimensional façade system derived consisting of three main modular elements, constructed from merely five unique planar components. Through the principle of rotation, a total of nine variations of the modules are generated, which facilitates not only the implementation of local biodiversity, but also creates an intriguing architectural language. From this thesis, various conclusions have been drawn, including that in order to optimise the circular value of the design, the decision has been made to select the majority of the waste materials based on their local availability whenever the system is implemented in a certain location and at a specific timeframe. Moreover, the low-tech design strategy contributes to the involvement of the system’s end-users, eventually accelerating the transitioning process and furthermore increasing people’s awareness, knowledge and interest regarding circular, sustainable and nature-inclusive design subjects.

The city of Rotterdam has a long and interesting history. It began as a small settlement on the River Rotte, at the place where the river met with the Nieuwe Maas. In 1270, the long dam was built in an attempt to reclaim the swampy land for development. In another word, since its origins, Rotterdam had to adapt to the natural circumstances of the delta, the threat of the rivers and sea waters. Now, according to NASA (2017), there is scientific consensus about the fact climate change trends over the past century are very likely a consequence of human activities. And one of the major consequences of global climate change is more extreme weather events. For example, global warming and accompanying sea-level rise are threatening many of the world’s lowland areas which have the Dutch nervous about the future of their country. Moreover, predictions indicate that there will be more extreme weather conditions, such as heavier rainstorms, longer periods of drought. Within the dikes, the inner-dike city of Rotterdam is mostly well below sea level (The Rotterdam Climate Initiative 2013) which means it is vulnerable to sea-level rise and some related issues like flood and salinization. Moreover, the current defenses are adequate up to 2050 and only allowed it to deal with around 40 centimeters of sea-level rise. Especially in Prins Alexander polder, with the lowest point being as much as 6.67 meters below NAP (the National Amsterdam Level, is an agreed ordnance measurement that is almost equal to mean sea level), the pumping stations are regulating the water levels and keep the polder dry. The project will explore the possibility of the existing polder system to face extreme rainfall, flood, and salinization in an urban area for a better living environment and enhance biodiversity. The result of the design assignment can be described as follows. - Based on the current system to come out with a set of typologies of small-scale design interventions which can generate interrelation between the informal settlement, the dynamic of the landscape, and water. Analysis- - Illustrate the timeline of climate change events from the current situation to the future with section/ typologies. - Map the threats to find out the most vulnerable area. - calculate the adequate amount of daily use water and purification area to build a circular water system. Design- - An ecological masterplan to show the relationship between the site and the surroundings. - Specific site design of a chosen area with more elaborate detail design of materialization and flows. - Come out with the principles that can be applied for the other places facing the climate change effect in the urban area.

Historic city of Semarang is called the ‘Sleeping Beauty’ of South-East Asia. It is located on the North coast of Central Java, it is the largest city in the Central Java province and the fifth largest city in Indonesia. There is great economic and cultural potential in Semarang, especially taking into consideration Kota Lama- Semarang old town. Heritage buildings and the surrounding nature preserve areas are in danger of deterioration and dam- age by haphazard development and lack of urban planning by the central government. The objective of this project is to create a regional framework for the future of Semarang while providing a sustainable method of water resource usage, as well as keeping biodiversity intact and also offering a good living environment. The Ecopolis strategy framework by Tjallingii (1995) will be utilized as the overarching framework used in the design methodology. For the structural framework, the Layers Model by Ian McHarg (1995) and the Cas- co-Concept (Hull Concept) by Kerkstra and Vrijlandt (1988) will be used together. After studying the underlying structures of the landscape and strategically forming a framework for the future, the Ecocity Principle by Richard Register (1987) is utilized to create the strategical approach for the design. The method works in double because the design involves community design, which requires administrative and strategical approaches on top of the structural design. The design masterplan and details aim to build a framework for the future of Semarang, in the scenario which the coastal and mountainous areas are not suitable for residence due to flooding, subsidence and land- slides. The chosen site area is a suburban Semarang region, in which residents from the dangerous coastal ar- eas; the migration of residents can already be seen. Thus, measures have to be taken to not only encompass the new influx of residents, but also keeping the natural qualities of the area intact, and the aquifers and watersheds clean.

The purpose of this graduation report is to give an overview and inspiration on the route towards a resilient & attractive metropolitan [food] landscape of Amsterdam in 2050. The topic of research is the impact of climate change, unsustainable agriculture and urbanisation towards 2050, on the agricultural landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. With the challenges and the problems that arise from these, it becomes inevitable to design a transition of the [food] landscapes in the region. Therefore the following research question is defined: ‘‘How to design a new perspective on the food landscapes in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam towards 2050 for a landscape that is resilient to the effects of climate change, to restore the ecosystem (in the freshwater) of the landscape and create opportunities for new activities to start that will strengthen the connection between cities and landscapes, for a resilient & attractive region?’’ A new method is used to find solutions for the three challenges in an integrative way, as there is a lot of potential in the synergy of the solutions. The maximization method provides an overview of individual solutions for the problems in the region, which can be used if the challenges change over time. Subsequently, in the optimization phase, the solutions with the most potential to be combined are given (water storage, new food types, a circular water system, purifying nature & greenhouses). In the final integration phase, the solutions are integrated into the landscapes of the region. An innovative element in this research is the addition of scenarios for the future transition of agricultural landscapes to the maximization method to create climate resilient, purifying agriculture or recreational [food] landscapes. This, together with interviews, results in a new perspective on the [food] landscapes in the region, that is a design for the landscapes created by the synergy between the solutions for the challenges (with a focus on the purifying & climate resilient scenarios). With a new perspective, pilot projects are designed to give an example of the new perspective solutions through the scales and by using the unique characteristics of the agricultural landscapes in the region (in Waterland, Haarlemmermeer, Zaanstreek & the Beemster). In the conclusion, the new perspective combined with pilot projects will create solutions for the challenges in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam towards 2050.

In the south of China, there is a city called Shenzhen who develop so fast that use more than 40 years from a fish village to a metropolitan. Behind this rapidly growing, there used to be one strict boundary for separating the downtown and the other district in Shenzhen. The barrier line is 84km long consisted with fences and 16 checkpoints. Due to disorder planning and utterly spontaneous development, the boundary line left behind scattered and depleted landscape structures and closed vacant space to the city. Therefore, facing the potential but chaotic environment both brought about by the boundary, the creation of a landscape system that can suture the urban gap until the ‘urban wound’ could be healed. A question has to be answered: How can city and nature be linked in urban landscape gaps in the boundary area using regional and local landscape design? The research has four steps corresponding to three scales. 1 Starting from regional scale to define the most problematic place which enjoys the highest natural potential. 2 Purposing a nature-based framework which explores the potential the best in the gap scale. 3 Connecting with current situation and strategies, to realise the sustainable development in local scale. 4 The last step is to go back to see how research results can be applied to the regional scale.