Landscape architecture in climate protection

Abstract

We celebrated the 190th birthday of Frederick Low Olmsted on 26 April 2012. Regarding his work, we can say that climate adaptation gained a key role as early as landscape architecture emerging in the second half of the 19th century as the Emerald Necklace of Olmsted, with its green areas and surfaces of water, as well as the chain of roads and objects threaded on this, served recreation and the balancing of settlement climate at the same time. In his city plans, through the introduction of the green ring, he also wanted to achieve the same balancing role. It is part of the whole truth that in those days emerging industrial cities were not familiar with the concept of climate change and their endeavours to improve targeted the preservation of health.