Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Ecological Design

Ecological design is an interdisciplinary approach to design that seeks to create products, buildings, systems, and landscapes that work in harmony with natural processes and minimize harm to the environment. It integrates ecological principles into the design of human-made things and environments, aiming to reduce …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 4 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 28× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2637-6075 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Ecological design is an interdisciplinary approach to design that seeks to create products, buildings, systems, and landscapes that work in harmony with natural processes and minimize harm to the environment. It integrates ecological principles into the design of human-made things and environments, aiming to reduce resource consumption, energy use, waste, and pollution while supporting the health of ecosystems and the people who depend on them. Ecological design draws on knowledge of ecosystems, material cycles, energy flows, and biodiversity to inform decisions, often emphasizing strategies such as using renewable resources, designing for reuse and regeneration, mimicking natural systems, and restoring degraded environments. It is applied across fields including architecture, urban and landscape planning, industrial design, and engineering, and is increasingly relevant as societies confront environmental degradation and climate change. As a topic connected to plant and animal ecology, ecological design represents the application of ecological understanding to the way humans build and shape their surroundings, with the goal of sustaining both human well-being and the natural world. This page provides an encyclopedic overview of ecological design, presenting a general account of its principles and aims rather than citing studies that do not directly address the practice of ecological design.

Research published in this journal

4 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 4 articles above have been cited 28 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Ecological Design, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Plant and Animal Ecology (ISSN 2637-6075).

Journal editorial board
Dimitris Zianis · Greece Jasmin Mantilla Contreras · Germany Narcisa Vrinceanu · Romania

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.