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Food & Landscape
The power of design and landscape perspectives
Landscape architecture, in research and practice, is a field with potential to greatly influence and strengthen urban transformations and sustainable development. We met with Gunilla Lindholm, associate professor in Landscape Architecture at SLU, to hear more about this…
A new way to prioritize food issues
Significant changes have occurred in the food system. The old local systems have started to strain as the systems become more global and complex. Now, we need new methods to secure food supply.
Forest and Landscape
This BSc course at SLU in Alnarp takes a comprehensive approach to the forest landscape and its importance for society through a combination of different perspectives on forest and landscape, environment and economy, management and maintenance,urban and rural.
Urban running tracks
The lack of everyday exercise is a growing societal problem. The physical planning of our cities plays a central role in this context: more environments are needed that facilitate, and inspire, exercise. (Article in Swedish.)
A safe garden environment can create a path into the job market
[Article in Swedish] Trädgårdens trygga miljö, med inspirerande omgivning och praktiska arbetsuppgifter, kan påverka livet för den som under många år levt i utanförskap eller arbetslöshet. Det visar en studie av SLU-forskaren Anna María Pálsdóttir på institutionen för…
A holistic view of flooding and water moving through the landscape
[SLU Kunskapsbank - In Swedish] När för mycket vatten hamnar på fel plats och vid fel tidpunkt, kallar vi det för översvämning. Allt oftare kan vi se i media hur folk som bor i översvämmade områden blir drabbade.…
Governance, Justice and Resistance: On the way to a fossil-free welfare society
An SLU project aiming to develop an integrated vision for transition governance that is more likely to be socially accepted and effective.
Urban Food Planning
Food planning, broadly speaking, refers to the integration of food into urban planning. Food-related issues have historically been absent from the urban planning field, however, an emerging area of research is investigating how food perspectives can be integrated…
Food & Cities
Food & Cities is a collaboration between SLU Future Food and SLU Urban Futures. The project communicates SLU’s existing research and aims to create new encounters between different disciplines and sectors.
Green4Extremes - Green infrastructure for synergetic climate adaptation to extremes events
In the Green4Extremes project, researchers from SMHI, SLU and Lund University evaluate how green infrastructure can provide synergistic effects that counteract both flooding and heat stress in cities while making the cities more pleasant to live in.
Informal Settlements and Sustainable Urban Development: Towards a more inclusive urban agenda
In September 2021 international guests were invited to explore the dynamics of rapid urbanization and environmental change in the context of informal settlements in the global south. Find the recorded webinar here.
How big should a schoolyard or preschoolyard be?
(Article in Swedish.) Hur stor ska en skolgård eller förskolegård vara? Konkurrensen om mark i bebyggd miljö har ofta resulterat i för små ytor för att kunna främja barns hälsosamma utevistelse. Fördjupad kunskap om dessa utemiljöers storlekar presenteras…
Emily Wade, adjunct professor of landscape-adapted infrastructure
Emily Wade, SLU Adjunct Artistic Professor and Landscape Architect, was one of the keynote speakers at the SLU Landscape Day in 2020. She introduced the development of a new hub in SLU exploring how the design of infrastructure…
Urban open space governance and management
An anthology about the development and management of the urban landscape, suitable as course literature as well as for anyone interested in urban open space and sustainable development.
Podcast: Designing environments for the human needs
Researcher Jonathan Stoltz from SLU shares his current research about how environments can be designed to cater for the human needs. The podcast hopes to inspire city designers to creatively integrate evidence-based design in their planning practices to…
The Welfare Landscape Reassembled: Policies for sustainable outdoor recreation in times of urban densification
The project studies the heritage of the welfare state, the welfare landscape, and how its values can be secured in densification projects.
Effects of uncontrolled urbanization on river streamflow and water quality
Urbanisation cause degradation of water quality and streamflow in rivers and streams worldwide. Benjamin Gossweiler Herrera evaluated land changes, water quality and flow in the river after three decades of urbanization in his new doctoral thesis.