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- Title
Exploring the design thinking methodology to stimulate alternative approaches in peri-urban landscape planning.
- Authors
DAVIS, SHANNON; CHARTERS, STUART; CHEN, GUANYU; GREGORINI, PABLO
- Abstract
Peri-urban areas are vital to the function and value of our communities, environment and economy. Many epitomise the relationship between a community and the landscape, providing essential ecosystem services to a settlement. With the expansion of cities and the resulting urban sprawl, the ability of peri-urban zones to sustain food provision is threatened in Aotearoa New Zealand. This paper reports and reflects on a workshop facilitated by the Centre of Excellence: Designing Future Productive Landscapes, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln University, with the Canterbury Mayoral Forum, to explore alternative land use topologies for peri-urban areas in Waitaha | Canterbury. Its focus is on applying a 'design thinking methodology' to explore this issue and the opportunities for engagement and solution ideation that it promotes. Workshop participants engaged in activities designed to provoke alternative and innovative thinking about the spatial relationship between urban growth (housing) and agricultural land (production). Key findings illustrate the strengths of the methodology to elicit alternative responses to land use planning within the peri-urban zone, and indicate a desire to rethink how we plan and design city edges to better protect and enhance their ability to produce food and support other essential ecosystem services alongside urban expansion.
- Subjects
DESIGN thinking; ECOSYSTEM services; LAND use planning
- Publication
Landscape Review, 2024, Vol 20, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1173-3853
- Publication type
Article