Landscape Urbanism—Retrospective on Development, Basic Principles and Application
Nika Balon,
Ines Hrdalo,
Ana Mrđa,
Monika Kamenečki,
Dora Tomić Reljić,
Petra Pereković
Affiliations
Nika Balon
Independent Researcher, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ines Hrdalo
Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Mrđa
Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Monika Kamenečki
Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Dora Tomić Reljić
Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Pereković
Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
The urban and landscape professions of the 21st century are developing diverse theoretical and practical models that they apply in solving the problems of the modern city. One of these models is landscape urbanism, which can be understood as a newer way of looking at the city and its infrastructure again, incorporating the relationship between the city and nature, and ecological and landscape principles into its fundamental core. In a theoretical but also a practical sense, it suggests new modalities that are considered to be able to contribute to the current problems of modern cities, especially those related to the ecology of the city. By reviewing the development stages, methodological framework and practical applications, this paper determines the potentials and limitations of the concept of landscape urbanism and suggests modalities of application in the modern city.
