"Landscape Architecture: Processes and Practices Towards Sustainable Development" ed. by Luis Loures, Mustafa Erge

This book highlights the diverse nature of the scientific domains associated with landscape architecture.

The book emphasises the need to acknowledge that the contribution of each research domain is equally important, offering complementary development opportunities while enabling landscapes to fulfill their multiple functions and ecosystem services in an integrated way, underlining the relevance of theory, methods, and practice to promote sustainable landscape planning and design.

Contents
1. Introductory Chapter: Landscape Architecture - The Gatekeeper of Sustainable Development
2. Land Uses Allocation: The Execution of an Artificial Beach and Its Complementary Infrastructures – Madeira Island – Machico, Portugal
3. Frequent Change of Land-Use Pattern and Its Effect on Ecology and Ecosystem in the South-West Coastal Area of Bangladesh
4. Using the Buffer Zone Method to Measure the Accessibility of the Green Areas in Tokat, Turkey
5. Disparity in Peri-Urbanisation Process in Lagos, Nigeria
6. Landscape Hazards: Destructive Build Environment Zones and Safe Areas - An American Case Study
7. Planning for Sustainable Tourism Based on Green Infrastructure: A Multiscale Methodology for Revitalizing Depopulated Rural Landscapes
8. Methods of Landscape Valorization and Possibilities of Its Application in Hunting Area Categorisation
9. Assessing Ecosystem Services Delivered by Public Green Spaces in Major European Cities
10. Sustainable Utilization of the Lake Kinneret and Its Watershed Ecosystems: A Review


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