IFLA Working Programme 15 - Sustainable Development Goals in Landscape Architecture

Goal: Integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into landscape architecture practice, promoting sustainable design, social equity, and environmental responsibility.

Impact: Advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through landscape architecture, creating more sustainable, equitable, and resilient communities.

Working Programme Members

Director - Xiangyi Li

Xiangyi Li is associate professor and Ph.D. holder at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University. She currently serves as Deputy Secretary-General of the Cultural Landscape Professional Committee, China Cultural Heritage Conservation Association, and Member of the Urban Renewal Committee, China Society of Natural Resources. Her research focuses on climate adaptation and eco-friendly planning, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), green and low-carbon sustainability, and ecological.

Co-director - Da Kuang

Da Kuang is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University. Actively engaged in academic and professional practice, he serves on the Planning and Design Professional Committee of the Guangdong Landscape Architecture Society and is a committee member of the Shenzhen Society of Landscape Architecture in China. His research focuses on the intersection of flood resilience, local knowledge, and sustainable development within flood-prone rural communities.

Other members of Working Programme 15