Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management
Futuring in practice – Rosengård's farming project takes the next step
Future work, or futuring, is about imagining and planning for potential future scenarios. But more than defining the most accurate future, it is about creating a common understanding and a common
Masterclass Urban Futuring
[email protected] Moving towards more sustainable and just cities requires radical change. But current visions of future cities remain dominated by techno-utopias such as ‘smart cities’.
The book Prototypa! – now available in English
The book "Prototyping! Building places together" is now available in English to download as a pdf. This book was published in Swedish in 2023 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Gothenburg,
Maggie Roe appointed honorary doctor at SLU
Maggie Roe, Professor of Landscape and Co-Director of the Centre for Landscape, Newcastle University, UK, has been elected, by the faculty board, as one of three honorary doctors at the Faculty LTV
Extreme heat in cities – a growing threat to public health
Rising temperatures in urban areas pose a serious threat to public health – especially for the most heat-sensitive groups in society. During the third webinar in the series “Venue: Urban Landscapes,”
Diss Sanna Ignell
Implementation of school ground vegetation: interdisciplinary aspects of growing under pressure [email protected] Sanna Ignell, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management,
Call for proposals: management plans for urban forests, parks and green spaces
Would you like to help shape the future of greener, healthier cities? The COST Action network invites municipalities across Europe to submit their management plans for urban forests, parks and green
From Planning to Action: Building the Future of Urban Forestry
In a recent Makeathon organized in Malmö under the COST Action European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry (INTUF), researchers and urban forestry experts came together to design
Five projects granted seed funding at SLU Urban Futures
To enhance the urban discourse at SLU and support landscape-oriented urban research, SLU Urban Futures has awarded seed funding to five projects focused on publishing inter- and transdisciplinary
Meet Researcher John Aruta: Climate Change and Mental Health Perspectives from the Global South
Guest Lecture: Climate Change and Mental Health – Perspectives from the Global South [email protected] Welcome to listen to Dr. John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta is an Associate Professor at De
Landscape PhD students from all over Europe met in Alnarp
15 PhD students from diverse knowledge fields gathered at SLU Alnarp to finalize the bi-annual PhD course on Landscape Governance and Management. Nature-Based Solutions was the main topic. Thomas
Challenges in restoring Sweden's urban ecosystems
From 2027, Sweden will work according to a national restoration plan for our nature, which includes urban ecosystems. At the webinar Meeting place: Urban ecosystems, organized by SLU Urban Futures