A Framework for Landscape Ecological Design of New Patches in the Rural Landscape |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">R?LafortezzaEmail author R?D?Brown |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Production Science, University of Bari, Via Amendola 165/A 70126, Bari, Italy;(2) School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | This study developed a comprehensive framework to incorporate landscape ecological principles into the landscape planning and design process, with a focus on the design of new patches in the rural landscape. The framework includes two interrelated phases: patch analyst (PA) and patch designer (PD). The patch analyst augments the process of landscape inventory and analysis. It distinguishes nodes (associated with potential habitat patches) from links (associated with corridors and stepping stones between habitats). For natural vegetation patches, characteristics such as size, shape, and spatial arrangement have been used to develop analytical tools that distinguish between nodes and links. The patch designer uses quantitative information and analytical tools to recommend locations, shapes, sizes, and composition of introduced patches. The framework has been applied to the development of a new golf course in the rural Mediterranean landscape of Apulia, Southern Italy. Fifty new patches of Mediterranean maquis (24 patches) and garrigue (26 patches) have been designed and located in the golf course, raising the overall natural vegetation area to 70 ha (60% of total property). The framework has potential for use in a wide variety of landscape planning, design, and management projects. |
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Keywords: | Landscape architecture Planning Landscape ecology Modeling Golf |
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