Abstract: Environment we perceive in urban space has constituted urban landscape. The form of urban landscape has been realized at the end of multidiscipline process beginning with planning and going on the design of urban environment. The process of urban formation is a period in which a lot of sub-purposes should be determined in accordance with the planning purposes. In this process, all the actors authorized and responsible for urban environment should take up seriously the aim of creation of the urban quality. Landscape architecture is one of the major actors shaping urban landscape. It is an interface between urban planning and urban design. Landscape architecture is of great importance from the creation of livable cities, urban quality and urban landscape point of view. In this paper, missions and visions of urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture and the interrelating role of landscape architecture will be mentioned. Furthermore, that landscape architecture not only has great effect on the form of urban landscape but also is the major tool to re-create ecological footprint of the human on the earth will be emphasized.
 

Brief biography of the speaker:
Selma Celikyay is an architect who graduated from Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. She took Msc. Degree from Urban Design Program at Mimar Sinan University and PhD. from Yildiz Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning. Has been teaching at Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Bartin Faculty of Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture, since 1996 and has been teaching at Karabuk University, Fethi Toker Fine Arts Faculty, Department of Architecture. The topics of her scientific researches and studies are architecture, ecological design, ecological planning, strategic environmental assessment, urban conservation, urban design, urban ecology, urban landscape design, urban landscape planning.