Format: pdf
Language: English
ISBN10: 0415404436
Pages: 336
ISBN13: 9780415404433
This
unique book addresses the issue of sustainability from the point of
view of landscape architecture, dealing with professional practices of
planners, designers and landscape managers.
This
second edition contains updated and new material reflecting the
developments in the field during the last five years, addressing the
relationship between landscape architecture and sustainability in a
comprehensive way.
Much
in the text is underpinned by landscape ecology, in contrast to the
idea of landscape as only appealing to the eye or aspiring cerebrally to
be fine art. As this exceptional cast of contributors argue, landscape
is and must be much more than this landscape architecture is about
making places which are biologically wholesome, socially just and
spiritually rewarding.
Landscape
and Sustainability establishes that the sustainability agenda needs a
new mindset among professionals. The question to be answered first and
foremost is, is it sustainable? The chapters in the book move
progressively from theory to practice, from the global to the local
scale and from issues of policy and planning through to detailed design
and implementation and on to long-term maintenance and management. The
contributors raise and re-examine a complex array of research, policy
and professional issues and agendas to contribute to the necessary
ongoing debate about the future of both landscape and sustainability
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