ABSTRACT
The city of Bath in the UK represents one model of a Landscape City where the human use and enjoyment of the city has derived from an innovative response to the underlying geology, topography and ecology of the landscape for over 3,000 years. In both situations the cultural identity of each city is intrinsically linked to its inherent landscape and nature, nurtured through conscious planning and design. Imagine a world where cities are defined not by their architecture but by their landscape and ecology. Within any ten minutes’ walk everyone would be guaranteed to encounter at least seven distinctive landscape and nature experiences, whether they be an urban wildwood, species-rich grasslands, a waterfall, a shaded wood, an urban farm, a rain garden or a rooftop forest. The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognised as the most comprehensive of the arts.
