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Julius Gyula Fábos memorial: a passion for landscape planning and greenways

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This essay is a memorial to Julius Gyula Fábos, an international leader in greenway and landscape planning who passed away in 2022. Hungarian-born Fábos spent his professional career at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1964–1998) where he developed his seminal work on landscape assessment and greenway planning that has influenced the field of landscape planning. Post-retirement, Fábos continued to develop visionary greenway plans at the regional (New England) and national scale (USA), and further promoted international greenway planning through his writing, endowed conference, and scholarly connections. Prof. Fabos led a colorful life with a passion for landscape architecture and planning that profoundly changed the methods of landscape assessment and planning. He was a major force behind the world-wide expansion of greenway planning and implementation during the past three decades.

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  1. Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, 210 Design Building, 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

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Ryan, R.L. Julius Gyula Fábos memorial: a passion for landscape planning and greenways. Socio Ecol Pract Res 4, 267–272 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00122-w

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