▁the ▁argument ▁that ▁the ▁city , ▁which ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁inter dependent ▁systems , ▁res emb les ▁a ▁landscape ▁more ▁than ▁it ▁does ▁a ▁building . ▁ ▁In ▁working ▁with ▁pl ann ers , ▁engine ers , ▁and ▁architect s ▁to ▁rec laim ▁formerly ▁industrial ▁territ ories , ▁U rb ans ki ▁and ▁M V VA ▁promote ▁integrated ▁approaches ▁to ▁urban ▁systems ▁and ▁greater ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁role ▁that ▁landscape ▁space ▁and ▁e colog ical ▁function ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁urban ▁life . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁paper ▁entitled ▁“ Do ▁Land s cape ▁Arch itect s ▁Make ▁the ▁Best ▁Urban ▁Design ers ” ▁that ▁he ▁delivered ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁“ L ands cape ▁– ▁Great ▁Ide a ” ▁X - L . Arch ▁III ▁conference ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁U rb ans ki ▁laid ▁out ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁“ lands cape ▁imagination ” ▁that ▁he ▁feels ▁differenti ates ▁the ▁urban ▁design ▁work ▁of ▁M V VA ▁from ▁traditional ▁urban ▁planning . ▁ ▁While ▁traditional ▁urban ▁pl ann ers ▁had ▁difficulty ▁in ▁moving ▁beyond ▁“ the ▁well - int ention ed ▁inf usion ▁of ▁und iffer enti ated ▁green ▁spaces ,” ▁U rb ans ki ▁felt ▁that ▁landscape ▁architect s ▁in ▁general ▁and ▁M V VA ▁in ▁particular ▁had ▁ ▁“ fa ith ▁in ▁the ▁landscape ’ s ▁ability ▁to ▁resolve ▁difficult ▁urban ▁adj ac encies ” ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁“ under stand ▁how ▁this ▁full ▁range ▁of ▁landscape ▁typ ologies ▁can