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| Author(s): | Hitchmough, James |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
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| Title: | Philosophical and practical challenges to the design and management of plantings in urban greenspace in the 21st century |
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| Meeting Info.: | Proceedings of the International Conference on Urban Horticulture, Wädenswil, Switzerland, 2-6 September 2002 |
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| Source: | Acta Horticulturae. Vol. 643, January 2004, p. 97-103. |
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| Publishing Information: | Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Landscape; Landscape design; Design philosophy; Greenspace; Maintenance philosophy; Urban landscaping; Biodiversity; Horticulture
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| Abstract/Contents: | This paper describes the decline in the use of traditional horticultural planting in urban greenspace in Britain in response to the development of sustainability-biodiversity notions, the ongoing funding crisis and the deskilling of the landscape maintenance workforce. An alternative model of greenspace planting is proposed, that avoids the low biodiversity of simple horticultural monocultural planting and the potentially challenging appearance of native, nature-like plant communities. This involves ecologically based plant communities developed at the University of Sheffield composed of both native and exotic species that can be both rich ecologically and aesthetically, and managed via crude non-selective techniques such as cutting and burning. The remainder of the paper explores the impediments to the widespread adoption of this type of syntheic vegetation. Particular attention is paid to whether non-native, exotic plants can validly be included within the concept of biodiversity and sustainability, valued by the public and successfully managed by horiculturally trained maintenance staff. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 20 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Hitchmough, J. 2004. Philosophical and practical challenges to the design and management of plantings in urban greenspace in the 21st century. Acta Horticulturae. 643:p. 97-103. |
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