The Approach of Landscape Architecture to Ecological Recovery: A Case Study of the Planning and Design of the Li Lake Area

Abstract:

This paper investigates ways of deploying ecological principles in the planning and design practice of landscape architecture. As a modern profession, one of the central tasks of landscape architecture is of protecting and recovering our environment. The profession is now in the demand in China, because of China’s rapid urban development and the consequent environmental problems. A case study of the planning and design of the Li Lake area provides evidence of how the profession is carrying out such a task. The study also identifies the disconnection between ecological and cultural strategies for recovering a particular landscape.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 518-523)
• Pages: 5954-5958
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.518-523.5954
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Yun Zhang, Ming Du
• Keywords: Approach, Ecological Recovery, Landscape Architecture, Meaning, Planning and Design

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