Ryan James Aldrich

Yes there are many social issues to deal with when designing public space in India.You listed some important ideas.

Fruit trees are fantastic, though I have concern with placing edible plants in a garden designed to absorb heavy metals / pollutants. I am an advocate of public fruit trees, and would love to see more throughout all urban areas of…[Read more]

Feeding the cows is an interesting topic. I would love to see parks / urban sanctuaries created throughout the cities for cows. In my home country of NZ, in Auckland city we have urban parks on the many volcanoes with sheep grazing the grass. (As an example Google image search: One Tree Hill Auckland). In India Instead the cows roam the concrete…[Read more]

Perhaps seating can be arranged to protect the green infrastructure – benches used as fencing.

Thanks for your thoughts. I think there are ideas that can be taken from the farming industry.

Thanks for the Ideas. Fencing is the most pragmatic – although there is opportunity in design to develop interesting / creative fencing solutions. Bollards could be an interesting aproch.I was considering that where room is sufficient plants that are deterrents to cows could be used – perhaps something very un-tasty for cows, spiky and hardy /…[Read more]

A HA-HA is a interesting idea, however I dont think it is the most applicable to urban situations as it require a large space to implement. However to continue this thought another similar idea for larger sites is tall steps that are pedestrian friendly but not traversable by cattle.
As a note: Parks within Indian city’s are always fenced to keep…[Read more]

Another resource is Landscape Architecture for Humanity:http://www.laforhumanity.org/