Urban ecological space has become a central concern in contemporary urban discourse, yet it remains approached predominantly through fragmented, function-oriented interventions. Green spaces are commonly framed as discrete amenities or technical infrastructures, rather than as integral components of relational urban ecological systems. This condition reflects not only spatial fragmentation but a deeper conceptual rupture in how urban ecology is understood and sustained. This paper argues that the limitations of prevailing urban ecological practices stem less
from insufficient ecological performance than from the absence of systemic ecological thinking. By isolating ecological functions from their relational, perceptual, and socio-cultural contexts, dominant green-space paradigms struggle to support long-term ecological continuity and regeneration. The study advances a conceptual reframing of urban ecological space as a systemic condition rather than a collection of spatial elements. The argument is grounded in the author’s doctoral research and informed by long-term spatial observation and interpretive analysis of urban
ecological systems. This grounding supports theoretical synthesis rather than empirical generalisation. Building on this foundation, the paper articulates systemic ecological thinking as a conceptual framework through which urban ecological space is understood as relational, continuous, and perceptually mediated. Within this reframing, regenerative aesthetics is proposed as a mediating logic that links ecological processes, lived experience, and social continuity, offering a pathway for understanding ongoing ecological regeneration at the urban scale.