Symbiotic Peri-Urban Agricultural Interfaces: Applying Biophilic Design Principles to Facilitate Peri-Urban Agricultural Areas into Ecology, Foodscape, and Metropolitan Transition

Fudai Yang*, Arjan van Timmeren, Nico Tillie

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Challenges and potential are embedded in peri-urban agriculture under metropolitan sprawl, which requires a future-oriented development to address major trends such as the climate crisis, metropolitan sprawl, autonomy in food production and environmental quality issues. Following a design exploration in Oosterwold, Almere, The Netherlands, a biophilic design framework was used to demonstrate the effective transformation of a symbiotic peri-urban agricultural interface. The results embody a sequence of principles based upon biophilic design, urban metabolism, and bottom-up governance mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Urban Design Thinking
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages93-136
Number of pages44
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameContemporary Urban Design Thinking
VolumePart F1266
ISSN (Print)2522-8404
ISSN (Electronic)2522-8412

Keywords

  • Biophilic design
  • Climate adaptation
  • Foodscape
  • Landscape design
  • Metropolitan development
  • Oosterwold
  • Peri-urban agriculture
  • Peri-urban interface
  • Sustainability
  • Urban metabolism
  • Urban planning

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