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must also consider the benefi ts of strategic placement of vegetation and garden boundaries. By arranging plants and other vegetation in wind corridors, convection effi ciency can be optimised – helping to dissipate heat more effectively.
Encouraging a greater sense of community With the UK’s population growth seeing cultural and social needs ever evolving, landscape design requires a holistic, forward-thinking approach that not only integrates biophilic needs but also focuses heavily on community.
Utilising green spaces to reduce the urban heat effect and provide relaxing, cooling and inviting environments is set to take greater precedence in coming months and years
or hedgerows to create a network of interconnected habitats. With landscape edging acting as effective buffer zones, it offers substantial protection for more intensive habitats from wind, fi re, pesticide spray drift and even human disturbance. The specifi cation and incorporation of sustainable materials in landscape design also play a vital role in enhancing an urban space’s environmental performance. In addition to mitigating issues such as the urban heat effect, sustainable materials, such as aluminium landscape edging, are manufactured with less toxicity and require less energy to produce.
Regulating local temperatures By defi ning boundaries of different landscape elements, landscape design can play a signifi cant role in contributing to temperature regulation. For instance, aluminium landscape edging helps maintain defi ned areas for features such as trees and water, which are the main drivers of cooling through shading and evapotranspiration. Furthermore, the delineation of green spaces through the use of landscape design helps maintain the intended integrity and shape of these areas. Preventing fragmentation in this way ensures green spaces remain compact and provide more reliable and consistent cooling effects. Architects and landscape designers
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Through multi-functional design, urban spaces can offer the fl exibility to cater for a wide range of activities, be it recreational or community events, through to urban agriculture, ensuring they remain popular and well used by local communities in the months and years ahead. Furthermore, designing spaces with wide and accessible paths and incorporating diverse seating options means these green spaces are safe and accessible to every member of the community.
Doing so will encourage a sense of pride and ownership in the local community and inspire residents and visitors to undertake regular care and maintenance to ensure these spaces remain aesthetically beautiful, biodiverse and beloved for many years. The effective use of landscape design, such as beautifully designed landscape edging, was on display in a recent project at London Wall. Together with the carefully selected
plants, the specifi ed folded top edge and corten fi nish of raised planter beds added contrast and composition to the landscape design and created an inviting and memorable environment where people could go to relax. With average UK temperatures having risen signifi cantly in recent years and urban development gathering momentum, utilising green spaces to reduce the urban heat effect and provide relaxing, cooling and inviting environments is set to take greater precedence in the coming months and years. Landscape design will play a prominent
role, emphasising the importance of working with experienced and specialised landscape edging and furniture manufacturers.
Sol Russel is specifi cation team leader at Kinley
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