Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture for Human Health and Well-Being Academic Article

abstract

• More than 80% of the people in the USA and Canada live in cities. Urban development replaces natural environments with built environments resulting in limited access to outdoor environments which are critical to human health and well-being. In addition, many urban open spaces are unused because of poor design. This paper describes case studies where traditional landscape architectural design approaches would have compromised design success, while evidence-based landscape architecture (EBLA) resulted in a successful product. Examples range from school-yard design that provides safe levels of solar radiation for children, to neighborhood parks and sidewalks that encourage people to walk and enjoy nearby nature. Common characteristics for integrating EBLA into private, public, and academic landscape architecture practice are outlined along with a discussion of some of the opportunities and barriers to implementation.

authors

• Brown, Robert

published proceedings

• SUSTAINABILITY

altmetric score

• 1.1

author list (cited authors)

• Brown, R. D., & Corry, R. C.

citation count

• 13

complete list of authors

• Brown, Robert D||Corry, Robert C

publication date

• February 2020

publisher

• MDPI  Publisher

published in

• Sustainability  Journal

keywords

• Biological
• Cultural
• Design
• Physical
• Social

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3390/su12041360

start page

• 1360

end page

• 1360

volume

• 12

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12041360

user-defined tag

• 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities