ABSTRACT
Landscape architecture is one of the key professions dedicated to making cities hospitable and healthy places to live, work and play, while respecting and enhancing the natural environments and landscapes we inhabit. This edited collection presents current writing about the pivotal roles that landscape architects play in addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the planet, its environments and its populations through their research, analysis and speculative practice.
The book has assembled current writings on recent research structured around five major themes: governance, power and partnership; infrastructure, systems and performance; environment, resilience and climate change; people, place and design; and culture, heritage and identity. As a collection, the chapters demonstrate the diversity of themes and topics that are expanding the scholarly body of knowledge for the discipline and its relevance to the practice of landscape architecture.
The contributors to this book are academic researchers and practitioners from the discipline of landscape architecture. The chapters draw on their research, teaching and experience as well as analysis of project examples. Fifty-two contributors from the United Stsates, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Malaysia, Spain, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada discuss a diverse range of contemporary themes in urban landscape architecture. Collectively, the contributors demonstrate the breadth of experience, shared concerns and distinct issues that challenge urban landscape architecture and cities in the 21st century.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |7 pages
Landscape Architecture
section Section 1|72 pages
Governance, Power and Partnerships
chapter 1|11 pages
Integrated and Long-Term Approaches to Urban Landscape Development
chapter 3|13 pages
Reimagining Landscape
chapter 4|15 pages
Bicycle Infrastructure and Street Politics
section Section 2|112 pages
Infrastructure, Systems and Performance
chapter 10|18 pages
Reclaiming Australian Peri-Urban Territories for Landscape Architecture
section Section 3|103 pages
Environment, Resilience and Climate Change
chapter 13|13 pages
Applied Urban Resilience Framework
chapter 15|14 pages
Rethinking Green Infrastructure Planning
chapter 17|13 pages
Urban Energy Infrastructure Transitions
chapter 18|15 pages
Changing Landscapes, Changing Mindsets
chapter 19|16 pages
A Multidimensional Sustainability Framework for Landscape Architecture
section Section 4|76 pages
People, Place and Design
chapter 20|19 pages
The Alnarp Method
section Section 5|57 pages
Culture, Heritage and Identity