THE NECESSITY OF DYNAMIC BASED MODEL FOR URBAN ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND DESIGN

The rapid urbanization of the human population raises concerns about the sustainability of cities then the influence of technology and industry has produced lots of changes in urban ecological landscape. Ecology in the city deals with ecological sciences; the core includes studies of flora, fauna and other biophysical environmental factors such as climate, hydrology and natural structures in urban areas and its surroundings. On the other hand, cities in short, are human ecosystems, with biotic, social, physical, and built components all interacting with each other. The study of urban systems must be considered integral to the study of landscapes, and urban processes must be studied in order to understand their influences and predict their impact on surrounding ecosystems. Ecological research targeting sustainable urban landscapes needs to include findings and methods from many lines of ecological research, such as the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, the role of humans in ecosystems, landscape connectivity, and resilience. Landscape simulation models have been developed for several decades to replicate atmospheric, hydrological, and ecosystem dynamic processes and assess the effects of various natural and human-induced disturbances. The urban landscape model is necessary to simulate numerous types of human-induced environmental stressors and landscape characters. At last, urban landscape planning and design is a multifaceted undertaking that engages the landscape at many scales. It requires an understanding of numerous areas of knowledge, an extensive range of professional skills and a simulation dynamic model.