Planning and designing green infrastructure across landscapes and scales

Abstract Planning and designing sustainable, resilient, healthy landscapes, cities communities is anchored in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by General Assembly of United Nations 2015. Current European strategies, such as EU Green Infrastructure Strategy, Deal, Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, Biodiversity other related policy strategic documents all recognise green infrastructure nature-based solutions important planning approaches, well design implementation tools urban areas landscapes. This issue Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae dedicated landscape architecture, at various scales diverse settings. It provides original research findings from Chinese, Croatian, Latvian, Nigerian, Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian metropolitan regions. The deals with regional specificities qualities shows examples both holistic site-specific scales. At local scale, it highly involve engage public very beginning process. introduces experiences empirical generated participatory co-design actions. articles show a wide range ecosystem services provided its elements, while also mentioning some possible disservices.