The Potential of GeoDesign for Linking Landscape Planning and Design

摘要: In many European countries, landscape planning and landscape design have developed in different directions. It appears that the more environmental planning is legally codified and elaborated, the more the prototypes of landscape planning and landscape design differ from each other. This development is especially evident in Germany. Furthermore, the legal implementation of the European Landscape Convention may well increase this dichotomy.Landscape planning and design emphasize different values, such as creativity or transparency, and they typically use different methodological approaches. For example, landscape design relies more on intuition and creativity to generate design ideas and concepts. On the other hand, landscape planning is often restricted by legal and implementation considerations and required to use transparent approaches such as standardised procedures and GIS analysis. In …