What is it about?
This essay is a memorial to the late Julius Fábos (1932–2022), a Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. It traces Julius early upbringings in Hungary before and during World War II, his academic career in the United States, and his contributions to the Iberian Greenway Planning movement.
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Why is it important?
Julius Gyula Fábos legacy in greenway and landscape planning offers a vision to connect countries and societies through natural corridors that benefit ecology, people, and society.
Perspectives
Obviously, greenways were known to Portuguese and Spanish planners and landscape architects well before the engagements and exchanges with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. However, the main innovations that developed from the international collaborations and from technological advantages in geographic information systems were the broader attempts at creating greenway networks for entire municipalities, regions, and territories greatly based on sophisticated landscape analysis methodologies and metrics.
Dr. Carlos J. L. Balsas, AICP
Ulster University Belfast
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This page is a summary of: The greenway planning movement in the Iberian Peninsula: A tribute, Landscape Ecology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-022-01579-6.
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