2008•Journal of Green BuildingOpen access

Applying Ecological Landscape Design Principles to University Planning

Wei Deng, Mike Browell, Zoe Wareham

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Abstract This article summarises how ecological design principles have become incorporated into landscape design in Great Britain. A case study of the planning and construction of a new University Campus at Riccarton, a country estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh is used to show ecological landscape design in practice since 1968.

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Key concepts: Ecological design, Landscape design, Landscape planning, Estate, Housing estate, Environmental design and planning, Ecology, Architectural engineering