DEVELOPMENT

Landscape development involves altering the landscape to meet human needs and preferences. This may involve clearing and leveling land, constructing built environments like buildings and infrastructure, modifying hydrology through drainage systems, and planting ornamental plants and landscaping. While landscape development can make land more useful and appealing to humans, it can also harm natural habitats, disrupt ecosystem services, increase runoff and pollution, and contribute to climate change.
Therefore, approaches that integrate natural and built systems through landscape planning, sustainability principles, and green infrastructure are increasingly important. By designing with nature in mind, future landscape development can balance human needs with environmental impacts.