SHORT NOTE - ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND PLANNING (KEY IJP************362)

• Fatih Bekiryazici

Abstract

The process initiated by the phenomenon of rapid urbanization over time has led cities to undergo uncontrolled development and change, becoming areas where resource usage and energy consumption are most intense. As a result, the concept of sustainability has entered our lives. The concept of sustainability, which aims to utilize natural and cultural resources most efficiently, has inevitably made the concept of ecological planning an integral part of urban planning.In the realm of urban landscapes, the necessity of ecology-focused design approaches and practices has become exceedingly important. This study elucidates the importance and necessity of ecological approaches in urban landscape design from the city scale to the architectural scale in landscape architecture. Through literature reviews, the study explains approaches based on ecology and their contributions to the urban ecosystem in these design processes.