Landscape architecture
for 100% of society
Our Cause
We believe landscape architecture should play a key role in empowering the world’s vulnerable to build resilience to the global challenges.
What is landscape architecture?
Which global challenges?
Landscape architecture
...is the use of nature-based solutions to plan, design and manage landscapes in order to achieve better social and environmental outcomes.
It can be used by anyone, anywhere and is used by practitioners known as Landscape Architects.
Examples:
Global challenges we focus on...
Climate & biodiversity crisis
Unsustainable urbanisation
Mass displacement
They unjustly & disproportionately affect the world's vulnerable, increasing their risk to the following factors which we believe the landscape can play a role in building resilience to...
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Food Insecurity
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Exposure to evironmental pollution
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Poor sanitation & hygiene
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Disasters and extreme weather
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Chronic poverty
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Infectious diseases
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Mental health issues & psychological trauma
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Health
inequalities
Affects xx million people across the planet.
Resource scarcity
Efforts to build resilience to these risks mostly come from the humanitarian & development (third) sector or self-organised iniatives by the aected communities.
What does HLC do?
The Role of HLC
We are a research collective with the aim of increasing the use of landscape architecture for building the resilience of the world’s most vulnerable communities ("humanitarian landscape architecture).
We work to connect those involved with humanitarian landscape architecture and raise its profile, with the aim of mobilising landscape architecture practitioners to use their skills for the benefit of 100% of society.
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