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142 articles for “Landscape”
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Exploring Sohra’s Heritage: Perspectives on Its Cultural Landscape
Abstract: This article reconsiders the cultural landscape of Sohra (Cherrapunjee), Meghalaya, India, a region renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty and deep-rooted indigenous customs. Focusing on the living root bridges – known locally as Jingkieng Jri – this study examines how centuries-old community practices and sustainable engineering have shaped both the physical environment and the cultural identity of the Khasi people. Through historical narratives, indigenous storytelling, and comparative analyses with global …
Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Climatic Control and Energy Conservation through Landscape Design
Abstract: Buildings consume significant large amount of energy for cooling, heating, ventilation and lighting in buildings to create desirable thermal comfort conditions. Increasing consumption of energy has led to environmental pollution resulting in global warming and ozone layer depletion and subsequently having climate change. Hence to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, caused by fossil fuels to power the operational energy requirement of the buildings has stimulated the interest towards adoption …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 10–17 Read article
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Research Insight – Landscape Planning and Architecture
Abstract: People enjoy a better building experience and significant cost savings when they plan to develop a landscape plan coupled with architectural designs. Smart homeowners know that to build a perfect abode, involvement of the landscape designer and architect is required at the earliest stages of the building process.
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 25–27 Read article
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Vertical Landscaping – A Tool for Sustainable Tall Buildings in Tropical Climates
Abstract: With rapid urbanization there has been an ever increasing demand for office and housing space in cities, resulting in taller building typologies. The large concentration of development in urban centers causes an imbalance to the ecology of the place as it replaces vast quantities of natural reserve and vegetation. In recent decades, this has triggered many environmental issues, the city has become more aware and urban planners are willing to …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 29–37 Read article
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Innovations in Landscape Architecture and Urban Designing
Abstract: Urbanization has become a worldwide phenomenon after the second half of the last century. Today more than half of the world population lives in urban environments. According to the World Bank data, 51% percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas as of 2010 (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.U RB.TOTL.IN.ZS/countries/1W?display=gr aph). Urbanization is a complex and multidimensional concept with its spatial, ecological, economic, social and cultural aspects. While urbanization is widely accepted as …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 1–15 Read article
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Kashi Vishvanatha Kshetra in Historic Context, a Narrative landscape in Varanasi, India
Abstract: Abstract This essay describes how the Kashi Visvanatha temple and its holy grounds have changed since they were first mentioned in the sixth century BCE. The patron deity of Varanasi, Vishvanatha, also known as Vishveshvara, is a manifestation of Shiva, who is considered the Lord of the World (also called Kashi/Banaras). The temple faced destruction, demolition, reconstruction, contestation, and recent resurrection in its history spanning more than a millennium. In …
Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 1–18 Read article
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Harmony and Dissonance: Ecocritical Reflections in Dhruv Bhatt's Literary Landscape
Abstract: Abstract: This research delves into the realm of ecocriticism through an exploration of Dhruv Bhatt's literary landscape, shedding light on the intricate relationship between human existence and the natural world. The study emphasizes the pervasive influence of environmental elements in Bhatt's novels, illustrating how characters navigate their identities and destinies within the context of nature. The research contends that literature, particularly Bhatt's works, serves as a powerful medium for fostering …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 Read article
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Sustainable Urban Landscape Planning: A Search for the Waterway Connection Possibilities around the Periphery of Dhaka City
Abstract: Dhaka is dying for its lost connections of water bodies once that was its natural setting. As a result, it’s suffering from water logging in monsoon and lowering of ground water at a same time. Relationship and possibility between lost nature and existing contaminated environment by controlling the rapid urbanization is the expected the aim of this study. Sustainable urban landscape could be a possible solution. It is such thought, …
Published in International Journal of Urban Design · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 24–52 Read article
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Study of Environment-Behaviour to Examine Intervention Impact at the Lakefront Landscape and Neighbourhood Residents’ Response at Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Abstract: Professional interventions at the neighbourhood lakefront environments often produce superficially pleasant environment, brushing aside the place perception and place attachment of the neighbourhood residents. This research principally aimed to grasp a holistic apprehension of such an intervention entitled as ‘Dhanmondi lake redevelopment project’, initiated in 1998 by the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), Bangladesh. An in-depth investigation revealed the gap between the designer’s objective in transforming the waterfront environment and end-user’s …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 9–18 Read article
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The Role and the Importance of Landscape Design to the Realization of Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract: Sustainable development goals are becoming increasingly important all over the world. Local authorities and communities are responsible for the realization of the sustainable development goals at local scales, recognizing in particular interdependent relationships between urban, peri-urban, and rural areas. Sustainable development goals are the goals that can be realized with long-term plans. Plans for long-term should support with design for getting result in short-term. Quality and sustainable environments are created …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 52–61 Read article
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Advancements in Predictive Maintenance: A Review of Data-Driven Approaches, Machine Learning, and AI in Diverse Industrial Landscapes
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT), the use of machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven advances in predictive maintenance are the key topics of this study. With the goal of offering a thorough grasp of existing approaches and potential future developments, it analyzes applications in predictive maintenance in many sectors. Predictive maintenance approaches are the major topic of discussion, with an emphasis on their advantages, disadvantages, difficulties, and prospects. Additionally, …
Published in International Journal of Computer Aided Manufacturing · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 19–32 Read article
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Landscape Design to Control Climatic and Energy Conservation Changes
Abstract: Structures expend critical expansive measure of vitality for cooling, warming, ventilation and lighting in structures to make alluring warm solace conditions. Expanding utilization of vitality has prompted to natural contamination bringing about an unnatural weather change and ozone layer exhaustion and hence having environmental change. Henceforth to lessen the discharge of nursery gasses, brought about by fossil energizes to control the operational vitality necessity of the structures has empowered the …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2016 · pp. 32–38 Read article
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Stone Fortification, Landscape, Architectural and Tourism Importance of Ancient India-Tibetan Trade Route Outpost and High Security Detention Camp of Indian Freedom Fighters Buxa Hill Fort, West Bengal, India
Abstract: Buxa Fort was rebuilt in form of a cantonment in 1873. It was initiated by the East India company to safeguard the International route between Bhutan and India. The establishment of the Buxa fort is exactly unknown but it is more than 200 years old. The Ruler of Kamatpur King Sangaldwip had built the Fort using Bamboo and woods. Buxa Fort had been in possession of Koch kings before it …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2021 · pp. 23–34 Read article
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Challenges of vertical landscaping in Building Envelope
Abstract: The vertical gardens not only increase the amount of green space in cities, but they also serve other purposes including improving air quality, reducing heat islands, isolating sound and heat, producing more energy, and enhancing human psychology. Vertical gardens are designed for the aesthetic purposes and avoiding the spread of applications due to factors like constant maintenance challenges, high expense, lack of understanding, and consciousness. The purpose of this study …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 7–13 Read article
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Franchising Kakhi: Converging Mythologies and Geographies in Creating Multiple Manifestations of Kashis in India and Nepal
Abstract: Sacred sites are created to suit and promote particular legend(s), where myth, realities, histories and geographies converge and become inseparable creating unique Sacred Cultural Landscapes. Most prolific of such example is that of Kashi (Banaras/Varanasi), which is eulogised as the religious capital by Hindus. However beside being a tirtha Kashi has also become an ‘Idea’ which has been replicated or manifested at several places within India. These Kashi’s namesakes neither …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 46–63 Read article
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Preservation to Continuity:Reconsidering Heritage Management Paradigms
Abstract: Conventional heritage management frameworks largely treat heritage as a finite collection of monuments and protected sites, prioritizing material conservation over cultural continuity. In rapidly transforming socio-urban contexts, such approaches often fail to address the dynamic relationships between heritage, lived cultural practices, and collective memory. The primary objective of this study is to develop a holistic heritage management framework that integrates tangible and intangible heritage through participatory governance and adaptive policy …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2026 Read article
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Cosmopolitically Approaching the Heritage Discourse in the Global South: A Relational Exploration of the Nepalese Bhailakha Procession’s Mutability and Mobility
Abstract: The historic urban landscape paradigm understands cities as evolving phenomena, aligning the intangible cultural heritage perspective with the discourse on sustainable urban development. It recognizes the crucial role of collective custodianship in preserving cultural diversity. Tourism-focused, reductionist policies prioritizing economic development in cities of the Global South affected by rampant globalization profoundly challenge heritage resilience. This paper seeks to advance the discussion about sustainable development of social and cultural capital …
Published in International Journal of Architectural Heritage · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2025 · pp. 37–46 Read article
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The Eiffel Tower: Precursor to the 21st C. Public Park
Abstract: As a landscape architect, I am investigating the three-dimensional nature of the Eiffel Tower; as a symbol of Paris, the Tower is both an infrastructural wonder and a three-dimensional public park. It is a landscape of layers and depth: providing framed views of the city on the ground, orienting one from miles away in all directions, elevating one far above the rooftops of Paris, and granting a bird’s eye view …
Published in International Journal of Urban Design · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 8–16 Read article
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Recreating Mughal Garden in a Contemporary Park: Case study Sundar Nursery, New Delhi
Abstract: The research on Islamic gardens spans across a huge panorama of examples starting from the inception to the climax of designed gardens such as the famous gardens of the Alhambara in Spain and the Taj Mahal at Agra. Where most volumes of research address the architecture and the ‘paradise symbolism’. Addressing gardens of the Islamic world as ‘paradise gardens’ is a complete misnomer rather a narrow way of looking at …
Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 21–32 Read article
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Redefining Urban Living with the Interplay of Technology, Sustainability and Comfort
Abstract: Abstract: In embarking on this substantial research endeavor, our objective is to delve deeply into the realm of intelligent building systems, scrutinizing not just the individual components but the intricate interplay among various domains that collectively shape the modern architectural landscape. We're navigating through critical aspects such as lighting control, security measures, fire protection, health considerations, sustainable practices, and energy management with an unparalleled dedication to detail and insight. The …
Published in International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2024 · pp. 48–55 Read article