Biodiversity and the accommodation of humans and other-than-humans in urban spaces has been a key topic in landscape architecture. This book presents thirty terms central to biodiversity open space design in the form of a glossary.nOrganized in three complementary categories, these thirty key concepts such as aesthetics, care, coexistence, colonisation, conflict, disturbance, succession or symbiosis are explained and cross-referenced. They are then tied to many examples from all over Europe, ranging from small projects such as Auguste-Kent-Platz in Munich, on to medium-size Parc de les Glòries in Barcelona and large residential developments such as Nieuw Zuid in Antwerp or De Zaanse Helden in Zaandam. The guiding question of the volume is how open space design can foster these diverse living communities and their cohabitation within established urban fabrics.

• Contemporary European gardens, squares, parks, large-scale green spaces are analyzed in terms of their biodiversity strategies and multispecies coexistence
• Photographs and drawings of the case studies and poetic images of the key terms illustrate the glossary
• Support of biodiversity is a crucial concept in landscape architecture