Addressing “Nature in the City” in Landscape Architecture Research

This contribution presents findings from studies on nature and city relationships that inform both academics and practitioners. Examples include research studying the effects of urban heat island intensification and current urban water management challenges, also health related research pertaining to landscape and well-being in cities, and research responding to societal relevance of intangible landscape values. Findings from these studies suggest that it is time for a paradigm shift in landscape architecture, away from thinking in dichotomies and towards thinking city and nature together and towards building the body of knowledge through practice and academic research together. In this paradigm shift, Research-through-Designing should play an increasingly important role.