Human activity threatens the fundamental capacity of landscape to sustain life on earth.

The Australian Landscape Principles have been developed as a strategic response to this issue, based on respect for the inherent and measurable values of landscape when developing planning, design and management strategies for climate change adaptation in our natural and built environments.

The Principles articulate an ethical decision-making framework for landscape planning, design and management within the built environment.

Their purpose is to strategically direct landscape interventions, both in our existing and future built environments, towards more sustainable, holistic outcomes. 

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Landscape Principles Case Studies

Case studies illustrate how enlightened landscape management approaches can be used to enhance social and environmental performance across a wide range of landscape scales. 

These examples focus on innovative solutions to a range of landscape planning, design and management challenges, in line with the goals and strategies outlined in the Australian Landscape Principles.

Over time, this initial library of selected exemplars of adaptive landscape architecture projects will be further developed, and additional opportunities to submit case studies will be publicized on our website.

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Implementing the Principles

Follow the link below for a brief outline of how the Landscape Principles can be used to provide an ethically-based decision-making framework for managing landscape across a wide range of scales and landscape practices.   

The draft Strategic Goal Matrix outlines how strategic goals for managing landscape can be derived by overlaying the Landscape Principles against a series of measurable aspects of landscape performance - with the aim of setting targets for achieving more sustainable landscape outcomes in the future.  The draft matrix also demonstrates how the Principles can assist in identifying strengths and weaknesses in current understanding, to better inform research planning and enhance adaptation capacity for the future.

This resource link is subject to continual development and contributions and suggestions from interested stakeholders are welcomed – for all enquiries, please refer to contact details on home page. 

>>  The implementation strategies (incl Goal Matrix)

>> The draft Strategic Goal Matrix