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Title: | Natural and semi-natural habitats in the design of urban open spaces – an approach to the challenges of contemporary cities |
Authors: | Archer de Carvalho, Catarina Matos, Rute Conceição Castro, Maria Pinto-Gomes, Carlos |
Editors: | Mora Aliseda, Julián Garrido, Jacinto Alexandre Castanho, Rui |
Keywords: | Biodiversity Potential Natural Vegetation Natural Habitats Cities identity landscape and urban design sustainability |
Issue Date: | Feb-2019 |
Publisher: | Thomson Reuters |
Citation: | Archer de Carvalho C., Matos R., Conceição Castro M. & Pinto-Gomes C. (2019). Natural and semi-natural habitats in the design of urban open spaces – an approach to the challenges of contemporary cities. In Planeamiento sectorial: recursos hídricos, espacio rural y fronteras. Thomson Reuters, chapter 30. |
Abstract: | The introduction of potential vegetation in the urban space is a fundamental feature both in the
cities’ identity and in the intensification of ecological efficiency. Its use, as part of a landscape
structure in the urban space, is supported by contemporary cities’ strategy with the following
objectives: promote wellbeing, be sustainable, be resilient and adaptive facing future uncertainty, namely regarding climate change.Considering the contemporary city sustainable planning and recent studies on urban spaces,
ecological systems and their aesthetical values, the aim of this essay is the inclusion of natural
and semi-natural habitats of Community Interest (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC), based on
potential natural vegetation assessment, in innovative design approach to the city's open spaces.
It is defined by the ecological systems, working with the site ecological conditions, aiming at
improving the efficiency of multifunctional land uses (production, protection and leisure) and
increasing biodiversity. This design approach simultaneously ensures the articulation of these
spaces with urban interfaces bringing the natural processes near to the «urbanscape». The
connection with nature is also promoted, improving the wished sense of identity and belonging.
The use of this methodology in the design of a landscape infrastructure to the city of Évora, that
assures the articulation with its open spaces and the connection between them and the
countryside, had an experimental character with development of a pilot project, which implied the introduction of several non-generalizable, site-specific variables. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24715 |
Type: | bookPart |
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