Intelligent Urban Planning and Ecological Urbanscape-Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development. Case Study of Wolfsburg

Joanna Dudek-Klimiuk and Barbara Warzecha
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Joanna Dudek-Klimiuk: Department of Landscape Architecture, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, ul. Nowoursynowska, 159, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Warzecha: Independent Researcher, 00-201 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-29

Abstract: Intelligent urban planning and ecological urbanism can be recognized as two of the key solutions to act against urban sprawl. This process is associated with suburbanization, blurring boundaries between the city and suburbs, and the undefined role of open and green spaces within new structures. It has been identified as the biggest and the most common problem worldwide. This non-central planning has a huge impact not only on economic aspects, but—most of all—on the ecological and landscaping balance within the urban area. This study covers not only the recognition of the outlined situation, but also a conceptual proposal to challenge the problems of urban sprawl. The city of Wolfsburg serves as a case study to which the tools of Ecological Urbanism and Intelligent Urbanism were applied. A corrective plan for the study area has been worked out, based on the main approaches in urban planning of the 21st century. The green transformation processes to achieve resiliency within urban areas are inevitable and will have to be conducted due to the rising number of the dwellers, steadily changing climate, and socio-economic conditions all over the world. The main solutions include mainly the system of green corridors, interconnectedness of open spaces, walkability with smart mobile options and social community as a nucleus of a local neighborhood.

Keywords: ecological urbanism; ecological urbanscape; green infrastructure; urban sprawl; Intelligent Urbanism; urban design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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