Landscape approaches for sustainable land systems: A critical systematic review of frameworks, governance, and socio-ecological outcomes
December 2025
Persistent sectoral fragmentation in governance actively hinders effective responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Landscape approaches (LAs) emerge a direct countermeasure to this fragmentation,...
Campus landscapes and student mental health: A comprehensive review
June 2026
University campus landscapes are an important everyday environment that may influence students’ mental health. This review examines the relationship between campus landscapes and students’ mental health...
Urban ecological corridors (UECs) as sustainable paths to climate change adaptation and urban resilience: Reflections from Kolkata, India
September 2026
Climate change and biodiversity loss have emerged as interconnected challenges driven by rapid urbanisation and ecological degradation. Indian metropolitan cities, including Kolkata, have experienced...
Effects of therapeutic horticulture on stress and anxiety in undergraduate vs. graduate students
June 2026
College students worldwide experience persistently high levels of stress and anxiety, which negatively affect academic performance, well-being, and persistence. While therapeutic horticulture (TH) has...
Therapeutic benefits of virtual reality (VR) mindfulness meditation for college students based on embodied cognition
June 2026
Mental health issues among college students have become increasingly prominent, existing intervention methods in universities still lack sufficient situational support and sustained engagement. Mindfulness...
Natural spaces between lectures: Barriers to restorative access on university campuses
June 2026
Engaging with campus natural spaces can offer university students cognitive, psychological, physiological, and social benefits, but not all students have equal access. Our review examines 21 peer-reviewed...
Designing health-inducing spaces for children: The role of building–landscape integration
June 2026
As the restorative value of nature gains increasing recognition in child-centered healthcare, pediatric facilities are being redefined as environments that support wellbeing, developmental needs, and...
The campus: A defining type of landscape architecture
September 2025
The university campus is presented as a distinct and even defining type of landscape architecture practice. This case is made through a careful analysis of historical precedent. A goal is to clarify...
Water quality benefits of a nature-based solution: Constructed floating wetlands tested on two urban waterways
March 2026
In urbanized rivers and waterways, Constructed Floating Wetlands (CFWs) offer a nature-based solution for ecosystem restoration, particularly in areas with hardened shorelines and limited space for...
Identification, analysis and construction of industrial heritage landscape in Beijing
March 2026
With the acceleration of globalization and urbanization, cities are increasingly facing challenges such as land scarcity and the degradation of industrial heritage. As spatial carriers of urban memory,...
Socio-ecological impacts of mining activities on national parks: A systematic literature review
September 2026
Mining activities are placing increasing pressure on national parks, yet evidence on their ecological, social, and governance impacts remains scattered across case studies and disciplines. This study...
War brownfields: Classification, characteristics, and regeneration strategies from a landscape architecture perspective
September 2026
Warfare generates long-term environmental, spatial, and cultural legacies that continue to constrain post-conflict recovery and sustainable development. Although substantial research has examined military...
Understanding environmental perception in community elderly care facilities: A systematic review
Available online 3 September 2026
As population ageing accelerates globally, community elderly care facilities (CECFs) have become critical spatial infrastructures supporting “ageing in place” and sustainable urban development. While...
Phytoremediation as urban regeneration strategy: A framework for sustainable land reclamation in the Milan Metropolitan Area
March 2026
Urban brownfields and degraded areas pose pressing environmental and social challenges, especially in metropolitan contexts shaped by industrial legacies and land-use transformations. Among the nature-based...
The beauty of performance: Interpreting the aesthetics of landscape-based stormwater management systems
December 2025
Contemporary uncertainty regarding future climate fundamentally reflects concerns about the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources, as well as the availability of fresh water. Landscape-based...
Plant landscapes and student health: In-depth impact analysis and strategic design proposal
March 2026
With the growing prevalence of psychological stress among university students, optimizing campus environments to promote health has become increasingly important. However, existing campus plant landscapes...
Plan N + : An incremental and adaptive Restoration–Regeneration–Management framework for abandoned island quarries
September 2026
The regeneration of abandoned quarries is a comprehensive challenge involving eco-technical remediation, cultural reinterpretation, and functional transformation. However, the conventional “restoration...
From comparison to combination: Street view imagery (SVI) and 3D model-based analyses for urban visual environment assessment
March 2026
Street view imagery (SVI) is widely used in urban visual analysis and often treated as equivalent to eye-level perception. Yet its limitations and contextual applicability remain underexplored. This...
Urban-rural differences in the nonlinear individual and interactive effects of blue-green space landscape patterns on carbon sequestration
June 2026
Against the backdrop of global climate change, optimizing landscape patterns of urban green space is widely recognized as a highly promising approach to enhancing carbon sequestration. However, most...
Long-term spatiotemporal changes in urban vitality around park-oriented brownfield redevelopment in Guangzhou
September 2026
Park-oriented brownfield redevelopment is an important form of ecological restoration and spatial renewal, yet its long-term spatiotemporal relationship with surrounding urban vitality remains insufficiently...
Indoor green walls impact on employee emotional health and well-being in office environments
December 2025
Indoor green walls are increasingly adopted as a nature-based solution to alleviate stress in urban office environments, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To inform evidence-based design,...
AI and e-waste: Advancing site programs and new perspectives in post-industrial site regeneration
September 2026
The evolution of brownfield regeneration practices and the advancement of the development of the post-industrial landscape is based on a constant progression and creative refreshment of programs, creative...
Towards a landscape-based approach for planning and design in complex urban geomorphologies: A case study of Valparaíso, Chile
September 2025
In the context of Chilean Metropolises such as Santiago, Valparaíso, and Concepción, ecological and social fragmentation of cities lead to significant environmental disturbances, including alterations...
Nature-based solution to increase mental well-being in nursing home
December 2025
This study examines the role of nature-based solutions in promoting mental health and well-being of older adults in nursing homes, focusing on the impact of green spaces and therapeutic landscapes....
A gradient-differentiated Health–Sensitivity–Risk framework for ecological security assessment in Beijing
September 2026
Ecological security in megacities is characterized by pronounced spatial heterogeneity, posing significant challenges for conventional regionally homogeneous assessment methods to accurately diagnose...
