Landscape architecture and design Books

Book SynopsisIn this handbook, 60 authors, senior and junior educators, and researchers from six continents provide an overview of 200 years of landscape architectural education. They tell the stories of schools and people, of visions, and of experiments that constitute landscape architecture education heritage. Through taking an international perspective, the handbook centers inclusivity with an appreciation for how education develops in different political and societal contexts. Part I introduces the field of education history research, including research approaches and international research exchange. Spanning more than 100 years, Parts II and III investigate and compare early and recent histories of landscape architecture education in different countries and schools. In Part IV, the book offers new perspectives for landscape architecture education. Education research presents a substantial opportunity for challenging studies to increase the pedagogic and didactic, the academic and hisTrade Review"This book provides welcome perspectives on the education of landscape professionals that generate both a starting point for a more profound understanding of the historical position of landscape architecture, as well as ideas of where the profession might take us in view of the contemporary environmental and social challenges facing humanity."Jan Woudstra, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield, UK"This comprehensive handbook shares insights into landscape architecture education that are unprecedented in extent and depth. It describes and compares concepts and practices of education that are applied during the last two hundred years and addresses a wide range of perspectives by examining cases from around the world. The book lays the foundation for education studies into the character, commonalities and future of landscape architecture education."Hiroyuki Shimizu, Emeritus Professor, Nagoya University, Japan"This handbook makes an invaluable contribution to the present and future university education of landscape architects. It offers fascinating insights of both the discipline’s historical development and of its current teaching and learning praxis in many countries around the world: a panorama of today’s remarkable international diversity in landscape architecture education that unveils its implicit learning potential, not only for landscape architecture but also for other planning disciplines and environmental sciences."Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn, Professor Emeritus, Instutute for Landscape Architecture, Leibniz University Hannover, GermanyTable of Contents1. Broadening the outlook, expanding horizonsDiedrich Bruns and Stefanie HenneckePART I: Challenges and perspectives 2. Introducing the field of landscape architecture education research: challenges and perspectivesDiedrich Bruns and Stefanie Hennecke3. ‘A thing in movement’: landscape history in professional curricula M. Elen Deming4. Tracing discourses: learning from the past for future landscape architecture Mattias Qviström and Märit Jansson5. European cooperation between educators and landscape architecture schools Richard Stiles6. Building up historical continuity: landscape architecture archives in education Lilli Lička, Bernadette Blanchon, Luca Csepely-Knorr, Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn, Ulrike Krippner, Katalin Tákács, Sophie von Schwerin and Roland Tusch7. Joining forces: landscape architecture and education for sustainable development Ellen Fetzer8. Creating vital teaching communities through curriculum development Anne Katrine Geelmuyden 9. Conceptual thinking and relational models in landscape architecture pedagogyJuanjo Galán10. Pedagogy for sustainability in landscape architectural education Dan Li PART II: Agendas and standards 11. Chronicling education history: agendas and standards Diedrich Bruns and Stefanie Hennecke12. Early landscape architectural education in Europe Barbara Birli, Diedrich Bruns and Karsten Jørgensen (†)13. Landscape gardening, outdoor art, and landscape architecture: the beginning of landscape architectural education in the United States, 1862–1920 Sonja Dümpelmann14. Hundred years of landscape architecture education in Ås, Norway: the pioneering work of Olav Leif Moen Karsten Jørgensen (†)15. German garden design education in the early 20th century Lars Hopstock16. Landscape architecture university education under National Socialism in Germany Gert Gröning17. ‘To broaden the outlook of training’: the first landscape course in Manchester Luca Csepely-Knorr18. Landscape architecture education history in Portugal: the pioneering roles of Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Francisco Simões Margiochi Ana Duarte Rodrigues19. Dutch landscape architecture education in the first half of the twentieth century: the pioneering roles of Hartogh Heys Van Zouteveen and Bijhouwer. Patricia Debie20. Early history of landscape architecture education initiatives in Romania: the pioneering work of Friedrich Rebhuhn Alexandru Mexi 21. Landscape architectural education in Croatia Petra Pereković and Monika Kamenečki22. Landscape architectural education in Hungary: the pioneering work of Béla Rerrich, Imre Ormos and Mihály Mőcsényi. Albert Fekete23. Landscape architecture education history in Slovakia and the Czech Republic Attila Tóth, Ján Supuka, Katarína Kristiánová, Jan Vaněk, Alena Salašová, and Vladimír Sitta24. A long, yet successful journey: 114 years to implement a landscape architecture programme in Austria, 1877–1991 Ulrike Krippner and Lilli Lička 25. Landscape architecture education history in the German speaking part of Switzerland Sophie von Schwerin 26. The history of higher landscape architecture education at ETH Zurich, Switzerland Dunja RichterPART III: Broadening the common ground 27. Broadening the common ground: education for the design of human environmentsDiedrich Bruns and Stefanie Hennecke28. Landscape architecture education in Italy: fragmented patterns Bianca Maria Rinaldi and Francesca Mazzino29. The training of landscape architects in France: from the horticultural engineer to the landscape architect, 1876-2016 Bernadette Blanchon, Chiara Santini and Pierre Donadieu, with Yves Petit-Berghem30. Reflections on landscape and landscape architecture education in the Arab Middle EastJala Makhzoumi31. Landscape Architecture Education in China: the pioneering work of Sun Xiaoxiang Lei Gao and Guangsi Lin32. Landscape design education in Japan: the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Periods Chika Takatori PART IV: Aiming for justice, reconciliation and decolonization 33. Innovating education policy: justice, reconciliation and decolonization Diedrich Bruns and Stefanie Hennecke34. Landscape architecture education in Albania after the fall of the Iron Curtain Zydi Teqja35. Landscape architectural education, knowledge, and application Agnieszka Cieśla and Katarzyna Rędzińska 36. Landscape @Lincoln: place and context in the development of an antipodean landscape architecture programme. Simon Swaffield, Jacky Bowring and Gill Lawson37. Learning to practice creatively: emergent techniques in the climate emergency Alice Lewis, Sue Anne Ware, Martin Bryant, Jen Lynch, Penny Allan and Katrina Simon38. Landscape architecture education in Africa Graham A. Young39. Educational ecosystem on landscape in Latin América Gloria Aponte-García, Cristina Felsenhardt, Lucas Períes and Karla María Hinojosa De la Garza 40. Conclusions and hopeful perspectives Diedrich Bruns and Stefanie Hennecke

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Book SynopsisThis book delivers a realistic and feasible framework for creating resilient landscapes in an era of anthropogenic climate change.From across six continents, this book presents fifteen case studies of differing sociocultural, economic, and biophysical backgrounds that showcase opportunities and limitations for creating resilient landscapes throughout the world. The potential to create socio-ecological resilience is examined across a wide range of landscapes, including agricultural, island, forest, coastal, and urban landscapes, across sixteen countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Samoa, South Africa, the United States, Turkey, Uruguay, and Vanuatu. Chapters discuss current and future issues around creating a sustainable food system, conserving biodiversity, and climate change adaptation and resilience, with green infrastructure, nature-based architecture, green-tech, and ecosystem services as just a few of the appTable of Contents1. Landscape Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: A Call to Transition from Despair to Hope 2. Multifunctional Land Consolidations in Denmark: Rethinking the Pattern of Landownership to Create Resilient Future Landscapes 3. Resilient Food Production – Resilient Landscapes: The Role of Heterogeneity and Scale 4. Re-Developing Relationships with Landscapes for Food, Water, and Energy Self-Sufficiency in Southeastern South Dakota, USA 5. A Social Perennial Vision for the North American Great Plains Rooted in the Resilience of a Natural System-Inspired Agriculture 6. Resilient Food Systems in the Context of Intersectional Discrimination: Successful Strategies of Women and Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica 7. Improved Grazing Management for Resilience and Ecosystem Services: The Case of Beef Production Systems on the Campos Grasslands of South America 8. How Does Gardening Reduce Vulnerability for the Urban Poor in Small Island Developing States? A Case Study of Port Vila, Vanuatu 9. The Case of the Khayelitsha Wetlands Park, South Africa: Securing Biodiversity and Social Benefits from Urban Greenspace 10. Green Infrastructure in Hornsby NSW: A Collaborative Method Toward Landscape Resilience 11. Satoyama Landscapes: Creating Resilient Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes in Japan 12. Shifting Concepts of Urban Landscape in Helsinki: From Primary Forests to High Tech Nature-Based Solutions 13. Traditional Nature-Based Architecture and Landscape Design: Lessons from Samoa and Wider Oceania 14. Estimation of Spatiotemporal Variation in Potential Ecosystem Services: A Case Study of Aydın, Turkey 15. Scenario Based Thinking to Negotiate Coastal Squeeze of Ecosystems: Green, Blue, Grey and Hybrid Infrastructures for Climate Adaptation and Resilience 16. Utilization of Forest Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation in a Mediterranean Ecosystem: A Case Study of Greece 17. Creating Resilient Landscapes: From a Hopeful Vision to a Long-Lasting Existence

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Book SynopsisThis global volume is the first comprehensive overview to provide a solid foundation on the concept of seascape. It provides academics, practitioners, NGOs, consultants and government officials with a broad overview of current research and practice for future application and advance worldwide.

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Book SynopsisLandscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants in the landscape to elicit human involvement and provide mental stimulation and restoration is much less well understood. This book meshes the art of planting design with an understanding of how humans respond to natural environments. Beginning with an understanding of human needs, preferences and responses to landscape, the author interprets the ways in which an understanding of the human-environment interaction can inform planting design. Many of the principles and techniques that may be used in planting design are beautifully illustrated in full colour with examples by leading landscape architects and designers from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Asia, including: Andrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, San Francisco, CA<Trade Review"Planting Design begins with a comprehensive overview of the scientific theories which explain why people have such strong emotional responses to nature. Dr. Mooney then distills this research into practical design principles that help us understand how our aesthetic preferences are formed through spatial structure, pattern, colour and light. This book validated many of the intuitive decisions I made over years of practice - it will be an interesting read as well as a source of inspiration for both the novice garden designer and the seasoned landscape architect." —Andrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture "This ambitious book attempts to ground planting design in research-based decisions that extend beyond traditional categories of knowledge such as horticulture and aesthetics to include human-centered concepts of the environment. Across seven chapters of history and theory, Patrick Mooney ASLA, a landscape architect who teaches at the University of British Columbia, includes examples from projects by Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Melody Redekop, and Kongjian Yu, FASLA, among others. Mooney argues in his book for integrating new understandings of the ways humans interact with their environments, synthesizing ideas across several fields to advocate for designing multifunctional landscapes." —Landscape Architecture Magazine, Vol. 110 No. 7 Table of Contents1. The Preferred Landscape 2. The Restorative Landscape 3. Horticultural Considerations in Planting Design 4. Functional and Aesthetic Criteria in Planting Design 5. Space and Place 6. The Elements of Design 7. Color

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Book SynopsisSince the turn of the millennium, there has been a burgeoning interest in, and literature of, both landscape studies and food studies. Landscape describes places as relationships and processes. Landscapes create peopleâs identities and guide their actions and their preferences, while at the same time are shaped by the actions and forces of people. Food, as currency, medium, and sustenance, is a fundamental part of those landscape relationships.This volume brings together over fifty contributors from around the world in forty profoundly interdisciplinary chapters. Chapter authors represent an astonishing range of disciplines, from agronomy, anthropology, archaeology, conservation, countryside management, cultural studies, ecology, ethics, geography, heritage studies, landscape architecture, landscape management and planning, literature, urban design and architecture. Both food studies and landscape studies defy comprehension from the perspective of a single discipline, and thus such a range is both necessary and enriching.The Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food is intended as a first port of call for scholars and researchers seeking to undertake new work at the many intersections of landscape and food. Each chapter provides an authoritative overview, a broad range of pertinent readings and references, and seeks to identify areas where new research is neededâthough these may also be identified in the many fertile areas in which subjects and chapters overlap within the book.Trade Review"Waterman and Zeunert have edited an exemplary interdisciplinary volume of great topical scope and profound conceptual depth. From landscape to seascape, Neolithic and Aboriginal to modern and globalized, the ecological to the utopian, The Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food offers culinary wisdom, sociological analysis and ethical guidance. It is an indispensable book which promises to inaugurate a new epoch of both culinary and landscape studies."Allen S. Weiss, author of Zen Landscapes (Reaktion Books) and Feast and Folly (State University of New York Press)"In The Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food, Joshua Zeunert and Tim Waterman present core samples of the many scales and systems engaged by food, food production, and food distribution. Their collection of essays ranges from the broadest historical survey to the focused case study across geographies and cultures, methods, and fields of studies. With an eye to landscape ecology as well as space and urban form, they hopscotch across conservation, economics, geography, gender studies, forestry, and public health. Complementing a long list of literature on urban agriculture and ideals of cultivation, the book also realigns the gravitational pull of the Anglo-American debate to include numerous Australian perspectives. This kaleidoscopic volume will appeal to the curious amateur and offer a starting point for further research to those concerned with the productive landscape."Dorothée Imbert, Professor, Hubert C. Schmidt '38 Chair in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture Section Head"The Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food is a timely answer to the growing interest in these subjects. It provides an authoritative and cross-disciplinary overview and stimulating discussions of a broad range of topics related to food and landscape studies and the diversity in concepts and approaches applied therein. The Handbook also discusses the various contexts in which cities, agriculture and landscape are developing and the related challenges. It outlines possible ways to remake foodways, landscapes, cities, and the values we bring to them." Ir. Henk de Zeeuw, Founder and former director of the RUAF Foundation, a global partnership on sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems. Table of ContentsIntroductionTim Waterman and Joshua ZeunertPart 1 From hunting and gathering to agriculture 1 Transformation of the landscape: the relationships between food and land use in prehistoric British and European societiesSaruhan Mosler and Peter Hobson2 The shaping of food landscapes from the Neolithic to Industrial period: changing agro-ecosystems between three agrarian revolutions Gunilla A. Olsson3 Aboriginal Culture and Food-Landscape Relationships in Australia: Indigenous Knowledge for Country and LandscapeDavid S. Jones and Philip A. Clarke4 Archaeology, history, and urban food security: integrating cross-cultural and long-term perspectivesChristian Isendahl and Stephan Barthel5 Foraging Jeremy Strong6 Venison from the Bavarian forests: linking hunters, forest diversity and consumers through regional marketingGerd Lupp, Simon Tangerding and Valerie Kantelberg7 Sustaining Russian Old Believers: landscapes of fish and onions in EstoniaHelen Sooväli-Sepping, Anu Printsmann and Hannes Palang8 Food production and the village under state socialism: the Balkan caseMirjana Lozanovska and Alexandra FloreaPart 2 Agricultures 9 Shifts in agricultural praxis: farm modernisation and global integrationAnders Wästfelt 10 Alternative agriculture: innovations for growing and cultivating diverse ways of knowingJonathan Code11 Seascapes: food from the marine landscape Maggie Roe12 Dimensions of urban agriculture Joshua Zeunert13 Mediterranean urban agricultureTal Alon Mozes and Efrat Eizenberg14 Peri-urban food production as means towards urban food security and increased urban resilienceGunilla Almered Olsson15 Peri-urban agriculture in Australia: pressure on the urban fringe Rachel Carey and Sarah JamesPart 3 Ecology, Resources, Sustainability and Climate Change16 Challenges in agricultural sustainability and resilience: towards regenerative practiceJoshua Zeunert17 Conservation and ecologyGary Austin18 Food systems and climate change: impact and adaptation in cropping and livestock Afshin Ghahramani and Saman Seneweera19 Investing in water management in rural and urban landscapes to achieve and sustain global food securityMunir A. Hanjra, Dennis Wichelns and Pay Drechsel Part 4 Developing Worlds20 Food security, landscape, urban change, and poverty in the developing worldSuzanne Speak21 Connecting landscapes and food in Africa: case studies from Ethiopia and UgandaMax Kelly and Ruth Jackson22 Urban Agriculture in Bogotá´s informal settlements: open space transformation towards productive urban landscapesJaime Hernandez-Garcia and Sandra Caquimbo-Salazar23 Rural-urban food and nutrient dynamics and nutrient recovery from waste in developing countriesMunir A. Hanjra, Mary Lydecker, Pay Drechsel and Johannes PaulPart 5 Intellectual, Political and Economic Realms24 Ethics of agricultural landscapes and food productionIsis Brook25 The new food insecurity Damian Maye 26 Food-sensitive urban planning: Australian perspectivesDavid S. Jones and Beau B. Beza27 Food, landscape, and urban design Susan Parham and Jacques AbelmanPart 6 Social Practices and Meanings28 Eating the commons landscape: sacrificial food for thought concerning the meaning of landscapeKenneth R. Olwig29 From the agora to the modern marketplace: food markets as landscapes of business and pleasureSusan Parham30 Allotments and community gardens: history, culture, and landscape in Britain, North America, and AustraliaClaire Nettle and David Crouch 31 Food sovereignty Max Kelly32 Landscape and the politics of food justice Megan Blake33 Grassroots activism, agroecology, and the food and farming movement: ten years in Bristol’s food storyAngela E. Raffle and Joy CareyPart 7 Food Cultures and Foodways 34 Taste, foodways, and everyday life Tim Waterman35 Food and landscape tourismJo Russell-Clarke36 Terroir: a socially constructed subterranean landscape gone globalZachary Nowak37 Using the senses to write food culture and landscapeNina Mukerjee Furstenau38 Queer space and productive landscapes Andrea Bosio 39 The cultural and spiritual aspects of growing edible plants: testing for meaningfulness in Leeds, UKAnn Light and Christina Welch40 Utopia landscape food utopiaJody Beck

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Book SynopsisFor centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective. Bringing together leading writers from a wide range of disciplines, this book explores the tourism history and heritage of the Lake District and its construction as a cultural landscape from the mid eighteenth century to the present day. It critically analyses the relationships between history, heritage, landscape, culture and policy that underlie the activities of the National Park, Cumbria Tourism and the proposals to recognise the Lake District as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It examines all aspects of the Lake District''s history and identity, brings the story up to date and looks at current issues in conservation, policy and tourism marketing. In doing so, it not only provides a unique and valuable analysis of this reTrade Review"The book is alert to ironies, conflicts, and complications within the development of tourism as a cultural practice, and between tourism and other claims of the landscape. Chapters acknowledge some of the social exclusions in the making of the Lake District as a tourist landscape." - The AAG Review of Books, Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham, UK"...for any advocate of landscape history and devotee of the Lake District, it is a must read. The bulk of the book is the elegantly told story of the central role the Lake District has played in the evolution of the British preoccupation with and love of landscape." - Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and former Director-General of the National Trust "Overall, the essays in this volume are full of interest, both substantive and methodological." - Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"... this book is interesting, informative, and a good read adding an additional dimension to our knowledge of the cultural processes underpinning the development of the Lake District as a tourism destination." - The Journal of Historical Geography "... this book is an excellent read for anyone interested in the Lake District, the history of tourism, cultural landscapes and national parks." - Landscape History "This book effectively explores the complex making of the destination with richly written essays providing perspectives from a variety of academic fields (including history, literature, and museum studies). The book successfully identifies and illustrates how the ’key themes in the Lake District’s history and identity’ (p. xv) have worked both individually and together to create the Lake District as a distinctly unique tourist destination." - Journal of Heritage Tourism "To be welcomed as full of variety and of historical perspectives with which most literary critics will be unfamiliar, but which allow the poetry and prose of the Lakes to be approached with an informed, as well as quizzical eye, while still demonstrating its significant cultural and geographical legacy." - European Romantic ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface; Part I Lake District History and Identity: The Lake District landscape: cultural or natural?, Susan Denyer; Setting the scene, John K. Walton; The landscape encountered by the first tourists, Angus J.L. Winchester; Landscape and society: the industrial revolution and beyond, John K. Walton; American tourists in Wordsworthshire: from ’national property’ to ’national park’, Melanie Hall. Part II Lake District Tourism Themes: The imaginative visitor: Wordsworth and the Romantic construction of literary tourism in the Lake District, Keith Hanley; ’Inhabited by strangers’: tourism and the Lake District villa, Adam Menuge; The origins and development of mountaineering and rock-climbing tourism in the Lake District, c. 1800-1914, Jonathan Westway; Sport, tourism and place identity in the Lake District, 1800-1950, Mike Huggins and Keith Gregson. Part III Lake District Tourism Case Studies: Claife station and the picturesque in the Lakes, Sarah Rutherford; Furness Abbey: a century and a half in the tourists’ gaze, 1772-1923, Jason Wood; The post-industrial picturesque? Placing and promoting marginalised Millom, David Cooper; Select bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisArchitects, landscape architects and urban designers experiment with color and lighting effects in their daily professional practice. Over the past decade, there has been a reinvigorated discussion on color within architectural and cultural studies. Yet, scholarly enquiry within landscape architecture has been minimal despite its important role in landscape design. This book posits that though color and lighting effects appear natural, fleeting, and difficult to comprehend, the sensory palette of built landscapes and gardens has been carefully constructed to shape our experience and evoke meaning and place character. Landscape Design in Color: History, Theory, and Practice 1750 to Today is an inquiry into the themes, theories, and debates on color and its impact on practice in Western landscape architecture over the past three centuries. Divided into three key periods, each chapter in the book looks at the use of color in the written and built work of key prominTrade Review"Mira Engler takes a hearty bite into a space within design that is very rarely discussed: COLOR. Color generates the same disquietude as the topic of beauty, as it’s assumed to be too qualitative within the design profession. Beauty or color are not considered an acceptable form of "vision," but rather irrational, dispensable, and irrelevant in addressing important landscape and environmental issues. Color is even more threatening to clients, especially white men of European descent, who feel it could erode their appearance of being responsible and trustworthy. Women, who are viewed as more frivolous and less responsible, have some latitude with color. But not much. The lack of color discourse underscores how deeply cultural and personal the topic can be. And although most designers shun color and most clients make immediate unfavorable judgements about it, none has the power to ignore it. Reacting to color is in our DNA. The book is a wonderful read. It shares many stories about the impact and glory of color in landscape design, and it shows how color is a strong medium of communication and a chief signifier within world’s cultures. I suggest you read this book and let your freak flag fly!"Martha Schwartz, Martha Schwartz Partners, Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design "Mira Engler’s marvelous book empowers us to understand and shape the world through color. Color is at landscape architecture’s heart affecting perceptions of depth, space, and identity, yet color’s agency is rarely discussed or even acknowledged. Providing a much-needed chromatic overview of landscape history, theory, and practice, Engler’s book bravely tackles a considerable void in landscape knowledge and makes the convincing case for color in landscape architecture and design. This colorful book is a joy to read."Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Author of Paradoxes of Green: Landscapes of a City-State "In Landscape Design in Color, Mira Engler offers us new vistas, taking in the designed environment as well as the cultures they reflect. She breathes new life into old concepts central to art and design disciplines, such as disegno vs. colore, while her discussions of contemporary artists and designers provide points of connection to audiences well outside her field. Engaging with enduring theoretical debates as well as more current treatments of race and gender, this is interdisciplinarity at its most exciting and relevant."Aaron Fine, Professor of Art, Truman State University. Author of Color Theory: A Critical Introduction Table of ContentsPart I: Pre-Modernism 1. Structural Color: Uniform Verdure, Humphry Repton (1752–1818) 2. Artificial Color: Bright and Complementary, J. C. Loudon (1783–1843) 3. Color as Impression: Graduated Harmony, William Robinson (1838–1935) and Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932) Part II: Modernism 4. Material and Phenomenal Color: Simultaneous Contrast, Gabriel Guevrekian (1900–70) 5. Spatial Color: A-Chrome, Garrett Eckbo (1910–2000) 6. Symphony of Color: Tropical Saturation, Roberto Burle Marx (1909–94) Part III: Postmodernism, Onward 7. Conceptual Color: Purely Synthetic, Martha Schwartz (b. 1950) 8. Affective Light Color: Translucence, Petra Blaisse (b. 1955) 9. Color Now: Gender, Skin, and Screen Postscript: Color Prospects

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Book SynopsisThis new edition of The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies contains an updated and expanded selection of original chapters which explore research directions in an array of disciplines sharing a concern for landscape', a term which has many uses and meanings. It features 33 revised and/or updated chapters and 14 entirely new chapters on topics such as the Anthropocene, Indigenous landscapes, challenging landscape Eurocentrisms, photography and green infrastructure planning. The volume is divided into four parts: Experiencing landscape; Landscape, heritage and culture; Landscape, society and justice; and Design and planning for landscape. Collectively, the book provides a critical review of the various fields related to the study of landscapes, including the future development of conceptual and theoretical approaches, as well as current empirical knowledge and understanding. It encourages dialogue across disciplinary barriers and between academics and practiTable of ContentsIntroduction Mick Atha, Peter Howard, Ian Thompson and Emma Waterton Fitting into Country. Deborah Bird Rose Part I: EXPERIENCING LANDSCAPE Part II: LANDSCAPE, CULTURE AND HERITAGE Part III: LANDSCAPE, SOCIETY AND JUSTICE Part IV: DESIGN AND PLANNING FOR LANDSCAPE

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together ecological-conservation theory and heritage-preservation theory and shows how these two realms have common purpose. Through theoretical discussion and illustrative examples, Sustainable Heritage reframes the history of multiple movements within preservation and sustainable-design strategies into cross-disciplinary themes. Through topics such as Cultural Relationships with Nature, Ecology, Biodiversity, Energy, and Resource Systems; Integrating Biodiversity into the Built Environment Rehabilitation Practice; Fixing the Shortcomings Within Community Design, Planning, and Policy; Strategies for Adapting Buildings and Structures for Rising Sea Levels; and Vehicles as a Microcosm of Approaching Built Environment Rehabilitation, the book explores contemporary ecological and heritage ethics as a strategy for improving the livability of the built environment.The authors provide a holistic critique of the challenges we face in light ofTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Cultural Relationships with Nature, Ecology, Biodiversity, Energy, and Resource Systems Chapter 3: History and Theory of Heritage Preservation Chapter 4: History and Theory of Sustainable Design Chapter 5: Architecture and Building Design Chapter 6: Integrating Biodiversity into the Built Environment Rehabilitation Practice Chapter 7: Fixing the shortcomings within community design, planning and policy Chapter 8: Going with the Flow: Strategies for Adapting Buildings and Structures For Rising Sea Levels Chapter 9: Vehicles as a Microcosm of Approaching Built Environment Rehabilitation Chapter 10: Conclusions on Lessons from the Past for the Future

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Despite population trends toward urbanization, the forest continues to have a strong appeal to the human imagination, and the human preference for forest over many other types of terrain is well documented. This book re-imagines architecture and urbanism by allowing the forest to be a prominent consideration in the language of design, thus recognizing the forest as essential rather than just incidental to human well-being. In Architecture and the Forest Aesthetic, forest is a large-scale urban construct that is far more extensive and nuanced than trees and shrubbery. The forest aesthetic opens designers to the forest as a model for an urban architecture of permeable floors, protective canopies, connected food chains, beneficial decomposition, and resilient ecologies. Much can be learned about these features of the forest from the natural sciences; however, when they are given due consideration technically and metaphorically in the design of urban habitat, the places in which

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Book SynopsisToday, designers are shifting the practice of landscape architecture towards the need for a more complex understanding of ecological science. Constructed Ecologies presents ecology as critical theory for design, and provides major ideas for design that are supported with solid and imaginative science. In the questioning narrative of Constructed Ecologies, the author discards many old and tired theories in landscape architecture. With detailed documentation, she casts off the savannah theory, critiques the search for universals, reveals the needed role of designers in large-scale agriculture, abandons the overlay technique of McHarg, and introduces the ecological and urban health urgency of public night lighting.Margaret Grose presents wide-ranging new approaches and shows the importance of learning from science for design, of going beyond assumptions, of working in multiple rather than single issues, of disrupting linear design thinking, and of dealiTable of ContentsPart I: A Background to Design, 1. The Environment is Not a Human Construct, 2. Global Differences, Not Universals, 3. Shifting Adaptabilities, Not Static Concepts, Part II: Thinking about Design, 4. Multiple, Not Solo Voices, 5. Inquiries, Not Assumptions, 6. Thinking Backwards, Not as a Forward and Linear Narrative

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Book SynopsisConsider this How do we handle the convergence of landscape architecture, ecological planning, and civil engineering? What are convenient terms and metaphors to communicate the interplay between design and ecology? What are suitable scientific theories and technological means? What innovations arise from multidisciplinary and cross-scalar approaches? What are appropriate aesthetic statements and spatial concepts? What instruments and tools should be applied? Revising Green Infrastructure: Concepts Between Nature and Design examines these questions and presents innovative approaches in designing green, landscape or nature as infrastructure from different perspectives and attitudes instead of adding another definition or category of green infrastructure. The editors bring together the work of selected ecologists, engineers, and landscape architects who discTrade Review"… much of the current work in green infrastructure is either driven by science and technical considerations, and is devoid of design intelligence and the ability to address spatial issues, or it involves unrealistic design visions with little functional relevance or any connection to democratic processes. This book aims to address the gap between these two approaches through the presentation of a range of methods for designing green infrastructure and through the exploration of different relationships between design and ecology. It is dense with examples where authors work through both theoretical explorations, and also the application of ideas in planning and design for green infrastructure. This is an interesting contribution that broadens the professional literature on this topic."—Topos Magazine, 2015"This book is a comprehensive overview on green infrastructure from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. The contributions by leading experts offer a broad spectrum of theoretical knowledge, research concepts, design ideas, and strategic advice. For me, Revising Green Infrastructure serves as a reliable source of information and gives inspiration for future research as well as practice."—Martin Prominski, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany"This book gathers perspectives on green infrastructure from engineers, ecologists, and landscape architects. The conversation is more theoretical than practical; it focuses on theories of greenness, research projects, teaching methods, and some best practice examples. Recurring themes include machine analogies, new paradigms, and the relationship between 'nature' and 'culture.' Overall, the book comes from an architectural perspective in which landscapes are seen as manifestations of grand ideas. The book is divided into four sections: function and process, culture and specificity, governance and instruments, and applied design. The first two sections are entirely theoretical. The last two contain some physical relationship to infrastructure, usually urban water conservation and wastewater treatment."—Ringgold, Inc. Book News, February 2015"This new book edited by Czechowski, Huack, and Hausladen brings together a collection of 21 papers from a range of 30+ researchers hailing from different countries and understandings of GI: chiefly from the USA and Europe but Haiti, Peru, China, and Vietnam are also represented."—International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Vol. 7, Issues 2, 2015Table of ContentsPart One: Function & Process. Green Functionalism – A brief sketch of its history and ideas in the USA and Germany. Carefully radical or radically careful? Ecology as design motif. The City That Never Was – Engaging Speculative Urbanization through the logics of Landscape. Landscape as energy infrastructure: ecologic approaches and aesthetic implications of design. Landscape Machines, designerly concept and framework for an evolving discourse on living system design. Problems of the Odumian Theory of Ecosystems. Part Two: Culture & Specificity. The Machine and the Garden. Infrastructure design as a catalyst for landscape transformation: research-by-design on the structuring potential of regional public transportation. Beyond Infrastructure and Superstructure – Intermediating Landscapes. Landscapes of variance: working the gap between design and nature. Designing Integral Urban Landscapes – On the End of Nature and the Beginning of Cultures. Counterpoint: The Musical Analogy, Periodicity and Rural Urban Dynamics. Part Three: Governance & Instruments. A transatlantic lens on Green Infrastructure Planning and Ecosystem Services: Assessing Implementation in Berlin and Seattle. The concept of "new nature" – a paradigm shift in how to deal with complex spatial questions. Ecological Network Planning – Exemplary habitat connectivity projects in Germany. Planting the Desert: Cultivating Green Wall Infrastructure. Designing for Uncertainty The Case of Canaan, Haiti . Part Four: Applied Design. Water-Sensitive Design of Open Space Systems Ecological Infrastructure Strategy for Metropolitan Lima, Peru. Green Infrastructure: performance, appearance, economy and working method. The Caribbean Landscape Cyborg: Designing Green Infrastructure for La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Forests and Trees in the City: Southwest Flanders and the Mekong Delta.

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Book SynopsisHow to Grow a Playspace takes you through a global perspective of the different stages of child development and the environments that engage children in play around the world. From the urbanity of Mumbai; to rainbow nets in Japan; nature play in Denmark; recycling waste in Peru; community building in Uganda; play streets in London; and gardens of peace in Palestine, it proves that no matter where play occurs, it is ubiquitous in its resourcefulness, imagination and effect.Written by international leaders in the field of play including academics, designers and playworkers, How to Grow A Playspace discusses contemporary issues around children and play, such as risk benefit in play, creativity and technology, insights into children's thinking, social inclusion and what makes a city child-friendly.With its own Potting Shed', this text is also a practical guide to support playspace projects with advice on teams, budgets, community engageTable of ContentsPart I: Ground, 1. Introduction, Part II: Sowing, 2. A History of Playspaces (Carla Pascoe), 3. Fundamental Perceptions and Ingredients for Play; Having Fun, Opening Up and Letting Go (Elizabeth Cummins), 4. Insights into the Mind of the Child (Tracy R. Gleason and Becky L. Geer), 5. Play Environments and Affordances (Elizabeth Cummins and Zahra Zamani), 6. Chaos and Confusion: The Clash between Adult’s and Children’s Spaces (Katherine Masiulanis), 7. City Play (Elger Blitz and Hannah Schubert), 8. Of Agency, Participation and Design: Two Contrasting Play Scenarios in Indian Cities (Mukta Naik), 9. Designing Inclusive Playspaces (Katherine Masiulanis), 10. Glenallen School (Mary Jeavons), Part III: Seedlings, 11. Developmental Stages (Katherine Masiulanis), 12. Observable Patterns and Interests (Elizabeth Cummins), 13. Social Ergonomics (Katherine Masiulanis), 14. Common Affordances for Play (Elizabeth Cummins), 15. The Natural Environment as Playspace (Helle Nebelong), 16. Planting for Children’s Play (John Rayner), 17. Introducing Water Play Environments to Early Years Settings (Theresa Casey and Margaret Westwood), 18. The Development of Forest School in the UK (Christina Dee), 19. Children’s Gardens: A Tale of Two Cities (Andrew Laidlaw), 20. Reflections on Designing Lafayette Park Playground (Jeffrey Miller ASLA). Part IV: Sprouts, 21. Developmental Stages (Katherine Masiulanis), 22. Observable Patterns and Interests (Elizabeth Cummins), 23. Social Ergonomics (Katherine Masiulanis), 24. Common Affordances for Play (Elizabeth Cummins), 25. Colours and Materials (Katherine Masiulanis), 26. Embedded Art in Playspaces (Dorelle Davidson), 27. Child Led Creativity (Matthew Shaw), 28. Art as Playspace: Interview with Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam and Charles MacAdam (Elizabeth Cummins), 29. Quintessential Play Patterns in Schools - The Interface of Space, Materials and Play Behaviour (Mary Jeavons), 30. When is a Slide not a Slide? (Or What if we Think Differently About and Beyond Design) (Wendy Russell), 31."This Place is Like a Building Site…." (Judi Legg), 32. The Stepping Stones to Many Playgrounds (Carla and Tom Gill), Part V: Saplings, 33. Developmental Stages (Katherine Masiulanis), 34. Observable Patterns and Interests (Elizabeth Cummins), 35. Social Ergonomics (Katherine Masiulanis), 36. Common Affordances for Play (Elizabeth Cummins), 37. Beyond 14+ years (Alasdair Roy & Gabrielle McKinnon), 38. Technology in Playspaces: A Snapshot (Katherine Masiulanis), 39. Lima and the Ever-Postponed Electric Train (Basurama), 40. Be Not Afeared: Embracing the Need for Risk in Play (Bernard Speigel), 41. Not in My Front Garden! Play Streets: A Doorstep Controversy (Paul Hocker), 42. We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on (Penny Wilson), Part VI: The Potting Shed, 43. The Team (Katherine Masiulanis), 44. Tin Tacks - Budgeting and Resources (Elizabeth Cummins), 45. Social and Environmental Responsibilities (Katherine Masiulanis), 46. Site Analysis and Opportunities for Play (Katherine Masiulanis), 47. Playspaces and Community Engagement (Elizabeth Cummins), 48. Insight into Playground Manufacturers (Katherine Masiulanis), 49. Staging (Elizabeth Cummins), 50. Planting Maintenance (Katherine Masiulanis), 51. Maintenance and Longevity (Elizabeth Cummins), 52. Supporting Infrastructure (Katherine Masiulanis), 53. Standards and Regulations (General and best practice principles) (Paul Grover)

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Book SynopsisThe last 30 years have seen a surge in temporary gardens. The flexibility and new challenges invested in non-permanent landscapes has made them a creative and stimulating testing ground for professionals and impromptu designers. Raffaella Sini examines the historical evolution of the genre, exploring theory, narratives, and strategies informing 80 temporary gardens built in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, and the United States.Key topics include: temporary gardens in 1970s avant-garde art and 1980s public art; temporary gardens as opportunities to work with live processes, practiceinclusion, and explore concepts of social justice and ecology; temporary gardens to redefine the vocabulary of garden design; and temporary gardens in tactical urbanism.The book comprehensively decodifies the full range of ephemeral gardens: uprooted, mobile, itTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 The History of Temporary Gardens 3 Decoding Temporary Gardens 4 The Temporary Garden as Testing Ground for Conceptual Ideas 5 Temporary Gardens in the City 6 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisElite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 17001830 offers a detailed study of elite women's relationships with landed property, specifically as they were mediated through the lens of their estate management and improvement. This highly original book provides an explicitly feminist historical geography of the eighteenth-century English rural landscape. It addresses important questions about propertied women's role in English rural communities and in Georgian society more generally, whilst contributing to wider cultural debates about women's place in the environmental, social and economic history of Britain. It will be of interest to those working in Historical and Cultural Geography, Social, Economic and Cultural History, Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Landscape Studies.Chapters2, 3, and 4of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-NTrade ReviewElite Women and the Agricultural Landscape has won several prizes including: The Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize for the best book in British or Irish rural history and The Women's History Network Book Prize for the best first book in women's or gender history.‘McDonagh’s rich and exciting new monograph makes a welcome contribution to the field of women’s and gender history, whilst also greatly enriching our understanding of landscape, agriculture and property in Georgian England [..] McDonagh’s exploration of women’s involvement in the process brings a new perspective to well-trodden ground. By recovering so many examples of propertied women, and by investigating the ways in which gender informed women’s perceptions and practices of landownership, McDonagh also shows for the first time that Georgian women played a significant, yet hitherto unrecognised role in making the English landscape.’ — Dr Rachel Delman, University of Oxford, Reviews In History, 2288 (2018)‘The book is composed of seven tightly written chapters with an appendix providing the key information on the female landowners, estate managers, builders and improvers featured in the text. This is a most useful reference with details of their route to landownership, marital status when managing the property, approximate years managing the estate, the names of husbands and children, and finally their own maiden name.’— Professor Liz Griffiths, University of Exeter, Agricultural History Review, 66.1 (2018)‘While the contribution made by women in business, the arts and philanthropy during this formative period has been acknowledged, the role of women in shaping the British landscape has largely been ignored, not only by contemporaries, but by modern historians and archivists too. As a historical geographer and feminist, McDonagh sets out to correct this omission and challenge the view, expressed by John Beckett, that "eighteenth-century landowning was a man’s world".’— Professor Liz Griffiths, University of Exeter, Agricultural History Review, 66.1 (2018)Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape has won several prizes including: The Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize for the best book in British or Irish rural history and The Women's History Network Book Prize for the best first book in women's or gender history.‘McDonagh’s rich and exciting new monograph makes a welcome contribution to the field of women’s and gender history, whilst also greatly enriching our understanding of landscape, agriculture and property in Georgian England [..] McDonagh’s exploration of women’s involvement in the process brings a new perspective to well-trodden ground. By recovering so many examples of propertied women, and by investigating the ways in which gender informed women’s perceptions and practices of landownership, McDonagh also shows for the first time that Georgian women played a significant, yet hitherto unrecognised role in making the English landscape.’— Dr Rachel Delman, University of Oxford, Reviews In History, 2288 (2018)‘The book is composed of seven tightly written chapters with an appendix providing the key information on the female landowners, estate managers, builders and improvers featured in the text. This is a most useful reference with details of their route to landownership, marital status when managing the property, approximate years managing the estate, the names of husbands and children, and finally their own maiden name.’— Professor Liz Griffiths, University of Exeter, Agricultural History Review, 66.1 (2018)‘While the contribution made by women in business, the arts and philanthropy during this formative period has been acknowledged, the role of women in shaping the British landscape has largely been ignored, not only by contemporaries, but by modern historians and archivists too. As a historical geographer and feminist, McDonagh sets out to correct this omission and challenge the view, expressed by John Beckett, that "eighteenth-century landowning was a man’s world".’— Professor Liz Griffiths, University of Exeter, Agricultural History Review, 66.1 (2018)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Women, Land and Property 3. Managing the Estate 4. Improving the Estate 5. County Houses, Gardens and Estate Villages 6. Representing Women and Property 7. Beyond the (Park) Pale

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Book SynopsisGraduate of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Chartered Landscape Architect, MBA and Barrister, Gordon Rowland Fraser draws upon 30 years of project management, professional practice and teaching experience to provide an uncomplicated and intuitive guide to the business aspects of the landscape profession. An indispensable reference for seasoned professionals, the book will enable the student or novice practitioner to turn their drawing board inspiration into reality without being overwhelmed or afraid of overseeing the implementation of their proposals. Guided by the Landscape Institute's 2013 Pathway to Chartership syllabus, this structured, step-by-step, narrative guide sets out the documentation commonly used within the landscape profession and makes accessible a logical and sequential understanding of contractual relationships; procurement strategies; processes of preparing client estimates and obtaining competitive quotations; of preparing contract documentation and administering fTrade Review'Landscape Professional Practice is a long awaited book giving true up-to-date information about the nitty-gritty of professional practice. This is a must-read book for all pre-pathway to chartership students and young professionals, both for confidence in practice and in passing the pathway exam. The book will fill in many essential knowledge gaps for these graduates to fast track them to CMLI status. This is desperately needed, because there are far too few landscape professionals, and more books like this will help to at least fast track the few new professionals and future stars of landscape design to become contributing, and productive members of the profession more quickly. The book is well laid out and an excellent reference. I will be buying one and urging all my staff to do so too.' James Blake, James Blake Associates, UK 'Just as Hugh Clamp's Landscape Professional Practice was a "must have", "must study", "must refer to" professional reference of the late twentieth century, so Gordon Fraser's new reference will be the favoured reference of the early twenty-first century. This book will be an important reference guide for many years to come, helping to identify, clarify and elucidate many of the fundamental elements of professional practice for landscape architects not only in the UK but around the world.' Nigel Thorne, Consultant Landscape Architect/Specialist Landscape Manager, UK 'It is unique to find a book that offers such a wide range of professional and business performance topics, and relate them to a particular profession. Gordon, with his unique professional background, has achieved this with Landscape Professional Practice. The aims of chapters are clearly presented, and the breadth of experience is impressive, covering business management concepts, professional ethics, negligence, and a range of other subjects of importance to landscape professionals. I hope many professionals will benefit from the knowledge and experience this publication has to offer.' Chris Sheridan, Landscape Institute, UK Any Professional Landscaper would (therefore) be well advised to acquire Landscape Professional Practice ... In lucid text, helpfully punctuated by bullet points, Fraser covers professional standards, contract law, planning, health and safety, and contract administration. The book will tell you how to draw up your contracts and how to manage both your business and your clients. Historic GardensTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Introduction. Section I Professional Judgment Ethics and Values: Professional association. Section II Organisation and Management: The law of contract; The tort of professional negligence; Health and safety legislation; Business performance and development; Business management; Engaging a landscape professional. Section III Legislative Bases of Assessment and Analysis: Development control and environmental management. Section IV Project Implementation: Understanding contractual relationships; Construction Design and Management Regulations; Estimating project budgets; Specification fundamentals; Conditions of contract; Single stage selective tendering; Contract administration; Alternative dispute resolution procedures. List of references; Index.

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Book SynopsisWritten for use in undergraduate and postgraduate planning courses and for those involved in all aspects of the planning process, this comprehensive textbook focuses on environmental impact assessment and design and in particular their impact on planning for the landscape. Table of ContentsPreface PART 1 Landscape Planning 1 Will planning die? 2 Landscape plans 3 Context theories PART 2 Environmental Impact Design 4 Public open space 5 Reservoirs 6 Mineral working 7 Agriculture 8 Forests 9 Rivers and floods 10 Transport 11 Urbanization Appendix: Environmental impact questions

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Book SynopsisScottish botanist Thomas Blaikie (17511838), a favourite of Marie Antoinette, designed the most famous gardens in France. From 1775 to 1792, he kept a diary which gives a unique insight into the social history of revolutionary France. Published in 1931, it was edited by journalist Francis Birrell (18891935).Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; The diary; Notes; Appendix; Index.

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Book SynopsisHumphry Repton (17521818) ranked among the most prominent landscape gardeners of his age. Prepared by a former professional rival, John Claudius Loudon (17831843), this is a posthumous collected edition of Repton's works, published in 1840, illuminating the principal styles and contemporary debates of landscape design.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Biographical notice of the late Humphry Repton, Esq.; Part I. Sketches and Hints of Landscape Gardening: Advertisement; Catalogue of Red Books; Introduction; 1. The characters and situations of several different places; 2. Concerning buildings; 3. Concerning the situation for a house; 4. Concerning water; 5. Concerning park scenery; 6. Comparison of modern, or landscape gardening, and the ancient or geometric style; 7. Concerning approaches; Appendix; Part II. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: Advertisement; Preface; List of places; 1. Introduction; 2. Optics, or vision; 3. Water; 4. Of planting for immediate and future effect; 5. Woods; 6. Of fences; 7. Ferme ornée; 8. Of pleasure-grounds; 9. Defence of the art; 10. Of ancient and modern gardening; 11. Miscellaneous; 12. Architecture and gardening inseparable; 13. Ancient mansions; 14. Application of gardening and architecture united; 15. Conclusion; Part III. An Inquiry into the Changes of Taste in Landscape Gardening: 1. Historical notices; 2. Scientific discussions; 3. Literary and miscellaneous remarks; Part IV. Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton; Part V: Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening: 1. Rural architecture; 2. Symmetry; 3. Fences near the house; 4. Cobham Hall; 5. Dates of buildings; 6. Castles; 7. Unity of character; 8. Blenden Hall; 9. Windows; 10. Gothic outline; 11. Beaudesert; 12. Of colours; 13. Of interiors; 14. Wingerworth; 15. Planting single trees; 16. Of villas; 17. Garden in Portugal; 18. Uppark; 19. Of combinations; 20. Contrasts; 21. Frome House; 22. Aspects and prospects; 23. Variety; 24. Longleate; 25. A plan explained; 26. A villa near the capital; 27. Gardens of Ashridge; 28. Woburn Abbey; 29. Luxuries of a garden; 30. Lodges and cottages; 31. Water fences; 32. Improvements; 33. Sherringham Bower; 34. Endsleigh; 35. House of industry; 36. Harestreet; General index.

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Book SynopsisArtists as voyagers who leave their studios to make art, including Nancy Holt, Vito Acconci, Sophie Calle, and Richard Long.Wanderlust highlights artists as voyagers who leave their studios to make art. This book (and the exhibition it accompanies) is the first comprehensive survey of the artist's need to roam and the work that emerges from this need. Wanderlust presents the work of under-recognized yet pioneering artists alongside their well-known counterparts, and represents works that vary in process, with some artists working as solitary figures implanting themselves physically on the landscape while others perform and create movements in a collaborative manner or in public.Many of the earlier works use what were at the time nontraditional methods of art making. In Trail Markers (1969), for example, Nancy Holt spent time in the English countryside, where she documented the painted orange trail markers she found dotting the landscape. Vito

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Book SynopsisDirt as fertile medium and metaphor in cities, landscapes, process, and design: dirty attitudes in essays, interviews, and projects.Dirt presents a selection of works that share dirty attitudes: essays, interviews, excavations, and projects that view dirt not as filth but as a medium, a metaphor, a material, a process, a design tool, a narrative, a system. Rooted in the landscape architect's perspective, Dirt views dirt not as repulsive but endlessly giving, fertile, adaptive, and able to accommodate difference while maintaining cohesion. This dirty perspective sheds light on social connections, working processes, imaginative ideas, physical substrates, and urban networks. Dirt is a matrix; as a book, it organizes contributions from architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, historic preservation, fine arts, and art history.The chapters predict and report on city waterfronts revamped by climate change, the reinvention of suburbia, an

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Book SynopsisAn elegy for our changing landscape by a master photographer.

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Book SynopsisThis thorough guide, the second of two volumes, displays and discusses American original architecture, including Pueblo, Spanish Revival, Ranch, Cabin, Craftsman, Prairie, Cape Cod, and the Mediterranean influence. Over 320 beautiful, color photos and 96 line drawings illustrate possibilities and display the implemented landscapes. For each architectural style, descriptions of colors, materials, and unique features are given. Site elements include the paving, walls, fences, trellises, shade covers, water features, fire features, seating, and garden art. This book is a must wherever landscape design is discussed, imagined, and implemented.

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Book SynopsisThis thorough guide, the second of two volumes, displays and discusses American original architecture, including Pueblo, Spanish Revival, Ranch, Cabin, Craftsman, Prairie, Cape Cod, and the Mediterranean influence. Over 320 beautiful, color photos and 96 line drawings illustrate possibilities and display the implemented landscapes. For each architectural style, descriptions of colors, materials, and unique features are given. Site elements include the paving, walls, fences, trellises, shade covers, water features, fire features, seating, and garden art. This book is a must wherever landscape design is discussed, imagined, and implemented.

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Book SynopsisHere is a new book rich in visual choices for everyone planning to build in their backyard. Whether you're hoping to create a simple trellis to train roses or erect a pavilion to entertain the extended family, this is the perfect place to start. Over 400 photos illustrate an impressive quantity of architectural additions for the backyard, from arched gateways to grand gazebos, pretty pergolas, picture-perfect pagodas, and fascinating follies. An illustrated glossary gives you the language and historical reference to help you achieve a more interesting landscape. This will be a treasured reference for any landscaping professional, landscape architect, backyard shed builder, or homeowner aspiring beyond the average.

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Book SynopsisA visual showcase of 39 award-winning international pool projects recognized for inspired design and technological innovation International Award-Winning Pools showcases the most innovative designs of water-inspired applications from around the globe. Gathered here is a collection winners of the Global AquaTekture Visionary Award, a prestigious distinction that honors the finest pool visionaries, inventors, and builders from Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States. The 39 projects shown in this book masterfully blend the natural landscapes, elevations, and vistas with native and man-made materials. Includes exceptional commercial and residential environments, and provides information on the visionaries who created them.

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Book SynopsisMany supernatural creatures are said to inhabit our world. Their magical, wonderland realm has been the subject of many books, movies, and our childhood dreams. In this richly illustrated book, 30 designers from around the world transform natural settings into enchanting displays that recreate that sense of wonder. Using artificial flowers, fabric, sticks, wire, crystals, berries, acorns, baskets, and polymer clay, these designers have been inspired to create their own once upon a time fairy home and garden for special events, storytelling, or just because they believe in fairies. In doing so, they tap into our inner child and help us to imagine a new world. This is a wonderful resource for designers and artists, as well as parents, teachers, or anyone looking to create their own magical place.

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Book SynopsisCarrying the story of the rural landscape into our frantic era, he describes the bow wavewhere city life meets rural agriculture and plots the effect of recreation and its structures on the look of the land.Trade ReviewJohn Fraser Hart's study of the ever-changing rural landscape is a competent and richly illustrated account of human endeavour, charting patterns of land use across time and space, from the small cross-ploughed fields of Neolithic Britain to the vast wheat-producing plains of modern-day America. It reveals how history is continuously incorporated into the landscape. Times Literary Supplement Hart has a keen eye, a facile pen, and a love for conversation with people who live and work in such places. The result is an admirable and wide-ranging book. Agricultural History A wonderful record to have between two covers... well produced with photographs of exceptional clarity. The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Understanding LandscapesPart I: RocksChapter 2. The Surface of the LandChapter 3. Landscapes of MiningPart II: PlantsChapter 4. Plant LifeChapter 5. The Use of ForestsChapter 6. Cropping SystemsPart III: Land Division Chapter 7. Land Division in BritainChapter 8. Land Division in AmericaPart IV: Farm StructuresChapter 9. Fences and FieldsChapter 10. BarnsChapter 11. Other Farm StructuresChapter 12. Farm Size and Farm TenurePart IV: Small Towns and the Urban EdgeChapter 13. Small TownsChapter 14. The Long Shadow of the CityChapter 15. RecreationEpilogue: The Changing CountrysideFurther ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThe only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis.Trade ReviewA surprisingly lively case study of the battles and alliances of politics, business and people that formed-or deformed-a great American city. Publishers Weekly (starred review) One of the most entertaining and thought-provoking books I have read in a long time about urban growth and change... Important reading for anyone interested in contemporary urban development. [Fulton] tells a story that may sound uniquely Los Angeles, but really applies to every growing city in America. -- Richard Peiser APA JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction: The Collapse of the Growth MachinePart 1: Power Chapter 1: The Beachhead Chapter 2: Perestroika Co-opted Chapter 3: Suburbs of ExtractionPart 2: Structure Chapter 4: Chinatown Redefined Chapter 5: The Money Train Chapter 6: The Reluctant MetropolisPart 3: Land Chapter 7: The Education of Maria VanderKolk Chapter 8: The Politics of ExtinctionPart 4: Money Chapter 9: The Taking of Parcel K Chapter 10: Welcome to Sales Tax CanyonPart 5: Consequences Chapter 11: Whose Riot Was This, Anyway? Chapter 12: Cloning Los Angeles Chapter 13: Cocoon Citizenship and the Toon Town UrbanismAcknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index Photography Credits

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Book SynopsisRegarded in the 1920s as an exemplar of planned communities, Mariemont remains one of America's most livable suburbs and has drawn great interest from the New Urbanism movement.Trade ReviewObligatory reading for residents past and present. -- Rob Stout Cincinnati Enquirer Rogers delved into the rich cache of materials found in the John Nolen Papers to produce the definitive history of an American new town... An exemplary book that will appeal to practictioners as well as historians. -- Bruce Stephenson H-Urban, H-Net Reviews For many practicing planners and academics, planning history may seem distant from current challenges and an unlikely source for workable planning concepts. In fact, we can learn much from studying important exemplars from the past. Nolen's work has been overdue for reexamination. John Nolen and Mariemont deserves a wide audience because it offers insights about the difficulty of creating a well-designed mixed-use community from scratch. -- Cliff Ellis Journal of the American Planning Association I consider Rogers's well-written and usefully illustrated book the best assessment so far of the development of any American planned new town in the twentieth century. Anyone interested in community development will want to read this book. -- John Hancock Business History Review Rogers reconstructs Mariemont's planning and construction from 1920 to 1925... The value of this study to architectural and planning historians lies in the precision of the chronology. -- Mary Corbin Sies Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 2003 Mariemont stands out as a real gem, and this well-written, thoughtful book gives the town and its planners the exposure they deserve. -- Joseph L. Arnold Journal of American History 2004 A strong element of connoisseurship pervades the book, especially in the assessments of Mariemont's architectural and planning elements. With a fluid writing style supported by a considerable number of illustrations, Rogers offers the reader a guided tour of Mariemont's early residential, commercial, and public buildings. -- Bradley Cross Urban History Review / Revue d'histoire urbaine 2004Table of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1: New Town, New Concept Chapter 2: Nolen's Town Plan Unfolds Chapter 3: This Is to Be a Model Town Chapter 4: Work Begins Chapter 5: Architects and Buildings Chapter 6: Year of Progress Chapter 7: The Curtain Drops Chapter 8: Emery, Nolen, and Livingood Chapter 9: Was Mariemont the National Exemplar? Appendix: Mariemont Site Landowners and Acreage in 1924 Notes Bibliography Photograph Credits Index

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Book SynopsisThe Los Angeles River offers the first comprehensive account of a river that helped give birth to one of the world's great cities, significantly shaped its history, and promises to play a key role in its future.Trade ReviewGumprecht modestly claims that his interest in the Los Angeles River 'has always been more in its past than in its future.' But we require the past he presents, like water in our desert, to make the choices in our future intelligible. Another of the catastrophes of the river will be that too few Angelenos are likely to find and read this essential book... Over the past 150 years, amnesiac L.A. has looked at the space occupied by the river and misread it as dry land ready for development, a western barricade against immigrant neighborhoods, a water resource to be exploited, a perfectly engineered drain and finally a concrete void. Gumprecht gives a broad historical, geographical and human context to these misreadings, and he understands their seductions, particularly the current image of the river as a pathetic captive to be exhumed from its concrete coffin... In the contradictions of the river, Gumprecht reveals a broader conflict about the uses of space in Los Angeles, and that unresolved argument spills over into harder questions here and in every part of the country about the limits of environmental restoration. Confronting them in detail, as Gumprecht does, takes courage. -- D. J. Waldie Los Angeles Times Book Review Gumprecht has produced an astoundingly well-researched environmental history of Los Angeles, as well as a detailed accounting of the political structures that have shaped the river's, and the city's, development. -- Ben Ehrenreich LA Weekly In this fine history of the creek, which travels from the San Fernando Valley to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean off Long Beach, Gumprecht strews river anecdotes around the politics and controversies surrounding the river. It's a must-own for anyone who cares about the development of Southern California or the geography of this part of the state. -- Tim Grobaty Long Beach Press-Telegram Gumprecht describes the crucial role that the river played in the settlement and growth of L.A. both as a water source and as a symbol of the region's Arcadian promise-and, conversely, how the river was remade in the image of the metropolis itself, becoming depleted and degraded by the very development it made possible. Like fellow L.A. historian Mike Davis, Gumprecht scatters an archive of startling photos throughout the book, from a man holding a 25-pound trout caught in the river in 1940 to the scene of a riverbed drag race broken up by police in 1950. Conjuring images of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, Gumprecht's river 'biography' breathes vitality into a subject that in the hands of a less enthusiastic author might be drier than the industrial wasteland that he describes.Publishers Weekly In this well-written and beautifully crafted study, Blake Gumprecht provides a close look at the evolution of one of America's most urban rivers, focusing on the impact the river has had on human activities and how, in turn, those activities have altered the stream... This is an important book. Thoroughly researched and balanced in its findings, it is illustrated by well-chosen maps, diagrams, drawings, and photographs. Environmental, urban, and economic historians will find much to ponder in this study, which cuts across academic boundaries. Policy makers will also find it refreshing; interpretative without being overly judgmental, the book poses valuable questions to anyone trying to plan future urban developments. -- Mansel G. Blackford American Historical Review The Los Angeles River seems an unlikely subject for a book. The unsightly paved passageway that runs through the modern city resembles little more than a glorified drainage ditch... Yet, the river's concrete facade obscures a fascinating history, one expertly revealed by Blake Gumprecht in this exceptional book... Not the least of the virtues of The Los Angeles River is its graceful writing. From the opening paragraphs, the reader experiences the joys of a journey conducted by an entertaining and reliable guide. Gumprecht, a former reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is equipped with a vivid sense of language and strong narrative skills, allowing him to navigate a complex and often confusing tale and to make it readily accessible to the reader. Excellent maps and photos enhance the voyage. -- Jules Tygiel Business History Review A well-written and solidly researched book on a topic about which little is known... In the past decade, Los Angeles has become a laboratory for theoretical and occasionally polemical scholarship on urban geography. Straightforward, temperate, and chronologically narrated, Gumprecht's work in many ways poses a refreshing counterbalance to that genre. -- Jared Orsi Environmental History A masterpiece of classical geographical synthesis. [Gumprecht] has woven a compelling depiction of the physical geography of the Los Angeles Basin and its settlement history; and he has extended the tapestry to include the battles over water, the engineering of the channel for flood control, and the dreamy attempts to restore some semblance of nature to the river. The narrative is an absorbing account of how the modest river provided the leverage to spur a development explosion... The Los Angeles River is the kind of book we should all read, and encourage our students to read, because it is one reminder of what good geography is all about. I wish I could write like that! -- Douglas J. Sherman Geographical Review The well written prose on an interesting topic makes this a worthwhile read. -- Erik Prout Historical Geography I welcome books like this, that merge history, geography and public policy into a cogent, readable, and remarkably objective work. -- Bob Pavlik California History Action 2000Table of ContentsContents: Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction Chapter: 1 The River as It Once Was Chapter: 2 Sustenance for the Young Pueblo Chapter: 3 Draining the River Dry Chapter: 4 A Stream That Could Not Be Trusted Chapter: 5 Fifty-one Miles of Concrete Chapter: 6 Exhuming the River

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Book SynopsisIt is a window into an important period of industrial development and its consequences on communities and environments in the world-famous steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania.Trade ReviewThe incorporation of historical geography enhances this engaging micro-study of US industrialization. Choice 2004 A richly written, vivid description of the complex relations between capital, individual agents, and place-making in a period of industrial restructuring. -- James Defilippis Labor History 2005 I highly recommend this book, thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and expect that many others will do the same. -- John Benhart, Jr. Pennsylvania Geographer 2005 Mosher's fine book examines one of the most important ways that technological change shapes human society. -- Anne Kelly Knowles Technology and Culture 2006 This is a wonderful book that places an important model city in the larger context of the constantly evolving societal and geographical relations between capital and labor. -- Dean Sinclair Journal of Cultural Geography 2006 Mosher has written an excellent book. Her prose is clear and unencumbered by jargon and appropriately illustrated with photographs, maps, and data tables. Cultural Geographies 2007Table of ContentsExperimentation in the Kiskiminetas Valley iron industry; Apollo's uneasy transition from iron to steel; The McMurtry, Olmsted, and Eliot plan for Vandergrift; Settling the Vandergrift Peninsula; The steel strike of 1901; Growing pains for a "model town".

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Book SynopsisWith its broad scope and deep research, Appalachian Folkways accurately and evocatively chronicles a way of life that is fast disappearing.Trade ReviewRehder obviously loves Appalachia and seeks to present it honestly, completely and positively. -- Julie Baxter Winston-Salem Journal Rehder's book is one of the best about Appalachia... A very good and accurate reference for persons interested in the region and in cultural geography in general. -- Greg Langley Baton Rouge Advocate 2004 An important work that must be read by anyone interested in developing a comprehensive knowledge of southern Appalachia. Choice 2005 An enjoyable and enlightening excursion through the cultural geography of Southern Appalachia. -- Katie Algeo Southeastern Geographer 2005 An informative and entertaining look into the 'culture hearth' of the southern Appalachian Mountains... a distinctive cultural center in America. -- James E. Bird CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewarship 2005 An engaging book to read... I plan to use this book the next time I teach my course on the Sociology of Appalachian Culture. -- Susan H. Ambler Journal of East Tennessee History 2005 In this comprehensive, in-depth look at the distinct cultural region of Southern Appalachia, Rehder emphasizes that the mosaic of identities present in Southern Appalachia cannot be generalized. -- Carol Ann Gillespie Ph.D. Journal of Cultural Geography 2005 Rehder's book is one of the best about Appalachia... A very good and accurate reference for persons interested in the region and in cultural geography. -- Greg Langley Sunday Advocate 2004 Rehder obviously loves Appalachia and seeks to present it honestly, completely and positively. -- Barbara Bamberger Scott Winston-Salem Journal 2004 Rehder demonstrates an honest curiosity and a heart-felt appreciation of rural lifeways, which enrich his study and add to its popular appeal. -- Sara M. Gregg Agricultural History 2006 An intriguing regional geography. -- Barbara G. Shortridge Professional Geographer 2006 Readers looking for an encyclopedic, detailed and well-researched account of cultural traits... sprinkled with Rehder's anecdotes and colorful language, will benefit greatly. -- Nicholas Bauch Cultural Geographies 2006 A valuable contribution to Appalachian literature. -- Loretta J. LeMay Journal of Appalachian Studies 2006 I assign the book for my 'Geography of Appalachia' course because of its many strengths. -- George Towers Geographical Review 2006Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Real AppalachiaChapter 2. The Shape of AppalachiaChapter 3. Ethnicity and SettlementChapter 4. Folk Architecture and the Cultural LandscapeChapter 5. Ways of Making a LivingChapter 6. FoodwaysChapter 7. Folk Remedies and Belief SystemsChapter 8. Folk Music, Folk Art, and Folk FestivalsChapter 9. Folk Speech: Terms and SayinsEpilogueNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Delaware Valley emerges from this boldly interdisciplinary study as a mosaic of localities that reflects underlying tensions in the American experience.Trade ReviewLanier's new book takes regionalism to a new level of complexity by exploring the relationship among ethnicity, regional identity, and localism in three places in the lower Delaware Valley. -- Douglas McCalla Journal of American History 2005 A substantial contribution to the study of North American landscapes. -- Peter B. Mires Pennsylvania Geographer 2006 New empirical ground is reached through Lanier's study... A strong argument with well-designed methodology is presented. -- Matt Liesch Journal of Cultural Geography 2006Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. "The Motley Middle"Chapter 2. Ethnic Perceptions, Ethnic LandscapesChapter 3. Landscape on the MarginsChapter 4. Mapping the Ancestral LandscapeChapter 5. A Region of RegionsAppendixNotesPrimary SourcesIndex

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