Keitaro Ito
Fukutsu City
Keitaro is a professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology and teaches landscape ecology and design. He has been designing urban parks, river bank, school garden and forest parks. He has studied and worked in Japan,the U.K., and Germany. He is interested in ecological landscape design. Keitaro lives in Fukutsu-city in the southern part of Japan. For the past 15 years, he has been interested in nature restoration in urban areas, river restoration, gardens in primary schools, forest parks, and urban parks. He sometimes enjoys longboard surfing and walking in the mountains outside of the city—this is one of the important reasons to think about nature preservation and restoration.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Artists and scientists that co-create regenerative projects in cities?
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What actions are successful in activating cities to implement urban biodiversity conservation policies, campaigns, and projects?
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What I mean when I talk about collaboration. What is a specific experience collaborating on a project with someone from a different discipline or “way of knowing”?
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Let go of some urban domestication: How would you convince the mayor to re-wild the city?
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Small Rain Gardens for Stormwater and Biodiversity in the City: Learning from Traditional Ways
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A Collaborative Project in City Planning for Urban Biodiversity in Japan
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“Growing Place” Revisited: After 12 Years, Children’s Activity in the School Biotope Project
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Ecological Landscape Design for Urban Biodiversity, Ecological Education and Nature Restoration in Kyushu, Japan
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Involving Children in the Design of Park Renovations to Create Green Places for Play with Urban Nature
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“Growing Place” in Japan—Creating Ecological Spaces at Schools that Educate and Engage Everyone