Landscape Service and Spatial Flows: Linking Landscape Architecture and Human Well-being

Landscape architecture space and their functions are the fundamental source for human well-being, while the demand of human well-being is the basic driving force for landscape architecture sustainable development. It is significant to understand the relationship between landscape architecture and human well-being for creating beautiful life. Contribution of landscape architecture to human well-being was emphasized from a service perspective in this study. Landscape service types were sorted, and spatial dynamics of these service flows was analyzed as well as their flow mechanism and types. These findings could help to reveal where landscape services can be provided, delivered and used. At last, a management framework of landscape architecture incorporating balance of supply and demand of landscape service was proposed according to the characteristics of landscape services and their spatial flows. This framework may aid efforts to plan and manage landscape space for improving human well-being.