New landscape urbanism for cities
- Vol.86(3), March
- Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2021
- 70-75p.
The green infrastructure approach is becoming increasingly important as urbanization grows. Rapid development degrades the landscape ecology, and now it has become imperative to think of how the planet shall sustain. It is time to rethink the conventional grey infra- structure approach and looking at finding opportunities to create a place for nature in our cities. The eco-restoration of eight lakes as part of the Smart City projects in Coimbatore, encompasses this ap- proach and aims at the creation of cross-sectoral solutions for the city to re-align itself, and to protect, conserve and celebrate its rich cultural heritage and help tackle prob- lems of sewage pollution