Another potential application of an urban design background is in wild animal welfare: some aspects of city planning might predictably affect the number of urban wild animals living there and their quality of life.
I didn’t immediately think of this but that’s a great thought.
There is quite a lot of interest (anecdotally speaking—I don’t have the numbers) of integrating nature into the urban realm. Depending on country, planning rules will require a ecological impact assessment.
At a larger scale—some thinkers push to the notion that the way to go is to find how we can recraft cities into a nature/urban hybrid so both humans, animals, plants, and other organisms can all thrive together.
Another potential application of an urban design background is in wild animal welfare: some aspects of city planning might predictably affect the number of urban wild animals living there and their quality of life.
I didn’t immediately think of this but that’s a great thought.
There is quite a lot of interest (anecdotally speaking—I don’t have the numbers) of integrating nature into the urban realm. Depending on country, planning rules will require a ecological impact assessment.
At a larger scale—some thinkers push to the notion that the way to go is to find how we can recraft cities into a nature/urban hybrid so both humans, animals, plants, and other organisms can all thrive together.
If you’re interested in this topic, the New Landscape Declaration—a declaration written by Landscape Architects with a collection of essays has more ideas on the value of this area: https://www.lafoundation.org/resources/2017/11/new-landscape-declaration-book