Cross-boundary Integration and Quantitative Innovation in Landscape Architecture Research:A Case Study on the Urban Environment and Human Health Lab at the University
This study takes a developing academic community,the Urban Environment and Human Health Lab at the University of Hong Kong,as an example,and explores in depth the critical roles that academic communities play in fostering the development and advancement of landscape architecture through literature review and case study.The results of the study indicate that:based on the previous landscape architecture discipline's content,framework and knowledge system,the lab uses advanced technologies and quantitative statistical methods to closely connect the urban environment and residents'health,provide efficient,precise,humanistic and practical solutions to the environmental and human health problems in the rapidly urbanizing areas,and significantly expand the research field of the landscape architecture.The core focus of the lab is on urban perception,exploring how and to what extent the characteristics of the urban environment affect human health through psychological and physiological processes.This pioneering team works as a theoretical researcher,technical explorer,and educator in the topic of healthy city.
Academic communityUrban Environment and Human Health Lab at the University of Hong KongLandscape preferenceHealthy cityEnvironmental exposureMental health