Rifat Olgun is an Associate Professor Doctor in the Department of Park and Horticulture, Serik G-S. Sural Vocational School of Higher Education, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. His research focuses on landscape design and urban green infrastructure systems for future cities. He is a registered Landscape Architect in the Turkish Landscape Architects Association and a member of the Turkish Association for Landscape Architecture Education & Science. e-mail: rifatolgun@akdeniz.edu.tr