ABSTRACT

Providing a fresh approach to the theory of design, Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process synthesizes planning, design and ecology and shows a new view of where design can develop. The book brings together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines including psychologists, philosophers, geologists, ecologists, cultural geographers, foresters, urban planners and landscape architects and synthesizes all these together. Since many landscape and environmental problems require multi-disciplinary approaches for their solution, this book demonstrates how the best integration can be achieved.
Highly illustrated, it contains examples from North America, Canada, Europe and Australasia. Glossary, references and further reading provide the reader with guidance and back-up resources.

chapter |1 pages

PREFACE

chapter |9 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|28 pages

WHAT ARE PATTERNS?

chapter 2|24 pages

THE PERCEPTION OF PATTERNS

chapter 3|34 pages

THE AESTHETICS OF THE LANDSCAPE

chapter 4|22 pages

DESIGN FOR LANDSCAPES

chapter 5|42 pages

LANDFORM PATTERNS

chapter 6|80 pages

ECOSYSTEM PATTERNS

chapter 7|80 pages

HUMAN PATTERNS

chapter 8|12 pages

RECLAIMING THE LANDSCAPE