New issue of Landscape Review published: Heat

Edited by LRG Trustee and Associate Professor Gill Lawson (Lincoln University, Aotearoa New Zealand), this issue has been developed with the support of Australian LRG Member, Guest Editor Wendy Walls (The University of Melbourne). Together, they have curated a collection that spans urban microclimate design, climate-responsive teaching, ecological recovery, and the future of cultural landscapes under increasing thermal stress.

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The issue includes the following research-informed articles:

• • Fields of potential: recovering hidden Chains of Ponds in a rapidly urbanising landscape  Penny Allan, Martin Bryant, Peter Ridgeway and Andrew Toland

  • Weeds, War and reconceptualising nature in Aotearoa New Zealand: A provocation to theorists from a practitioner at the coalface  Paul Quinlan

  • Landscape and Urban Design for improved urban microclimate  Silvia Tavares and Jiawei Fu

  • Turning up the Heat: Reflecting on a decade of teaching landscape climate design  Wendy Walls and Jillian Walliss

  • Cooling strategies using thermal alliesthesia: a complementary approach to enhancing greenway walking comfort  Yanhan Li, Liang Li, Wenqing Wang,  Langxi Yang and Gillian Lawson

  • The Future of a cemetery in a warming climate  Wendy Walls

Collectively, the papers reflect the interdisciplinary strengths of landscape research, combining theory, design, pedagogy and practice to address one of the defining challenges facing landscapes globally.

LRG members and the wider research community are warmly encouraged to explore the full issue via the Landscape Review website:

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The Editor, Gill Lawson, also invites submissions for future issues of Landscape Review. Details on aims, scope and how to submit can be found on the journal website: https://journals.lincoln.ac.nz/index.php/lr/about/submissions

Landscape Review is an open-access journal published by Lincoln University, Aotearoa New Zealand, and remains a key part of the Landscape Research Group’s wider scholarly ecosystem.