Abstract

The organization of transport systems for energy, food, material and people, is fundamental for upholding sustainable human habitats. Globalization and specialization has catalyzed economic growth and human development, but simultaneously has cut off geographic links between urban and rural areas and weakened interactions between urban green-blue and built up areas. Urban land-use has - during the past half-a-century been dictated by the built-up structure and car traffic planning, whereas green-blue infrastructures' ecosystems regulatory services, health-promoting properties and economic values have been attributed a lower priority. The main objective of our research is to explore ways the re-integration of urban and rural areas and functions - as well as to investigate the potential of green-blue structure values in cities in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). We tentatively term a modern integration of urban and rural areas and functions - and of combined green-blue-built infrasystems - "Resilient Citylands". Citylands formation is strongly linked to a transport modal shift, a new transport structure and mobility functions. In our Resilient Citylands program we work with a long-term partnership between selected cities, universities and relevant planning companies to produce effective tools, methods and a portfolio of real Cityland cases - serving as models in the entire Baltic Sea Region. Target groups are researchers, planners, companies, NGO's, authorities and citizens.

Published in

Title: History of the Future: 52nd World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Congress proceedings
ISBN: 9785742248774

Conference

52nd World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects: History of the Future, IFLA 2015; Saint-Petersburg; Russian Federation; 10 June 2015 through 12 June 2015

SLU Authors

• Bergs, Per

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Ignatieva, Maria

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Granvik, Madeleine

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Hedfors, Per

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bergquist, Daniel

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable


UKÄ Subject classification

Landscape Architecture


Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/104646