Landscape Books

New and Published Books

1. Creating Smart-er Cities

   Edited by Mark Deakin

   Drawing upon the smart experiences of "world class" cities in North America, Canada and Europe, this book provides the evidence to show how entrepreneurship-based and market-dependent representations of knowledge production are now being replaced with a community of policy makers, academic leaders,...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Geomorphology

   By Mateo Gutierrez

   This book provides a detailed coverage of the landforms of Planet Earth and the processes that shaped them. The study of these morphologies, some of which formed during past geological periods under environmental conditions very different from those of today, makes it possible to reconstruct the...

   Published December 6th 2012 by CRC Press
3. The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies

   Edited by Peter Howard, Ian Thompson, Emma Waterton

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Landscape is a vital, synergistic concept which opens up ways of thinking about many of the problems which beset our contemporary world, such as climate change, social alienation, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and destruction of heritage. As a concept, landscape does not respect...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Urban Design Reader

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Michael Larice, Elizabeth Macdonald

   Series: Routledge Urban Reader Series

   The second edition of The Urban Design Reader draws together the very best of classic and contemporary writings to illuminate and expand the theory and practice of urban design. Nearly 50 generous selections include seminal contributions from Howard, Le Corbusier, Lynch, and Jacobs to more recent...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Remaking Metropolis

   Global Challenges of the Urban Landscape

   Edited by Edward Cook, Jesus Lara

   Remaking Metropolis examines examples of both urban decay and destruction as well as urban rebirth. It shows why particular approaches were successful, or did not achieve their objectives. By bringing together innovative approaches to urban living from across the world, and by demonstrating how...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2013

   32nd Edition

   By Davis Langdon

   This year’s special focus is on water related issues. Now in its 32nd edition, SPON'S EXTERNAL WORKS AND LANDSCAPE PRICE BOOK 2013 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs. It covers all the items to be found in hard and soft landscape...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Spon Press
7. Sustainable Energy Landscapes

   Designing, Planning, and Development

   Edited by Sven Stremke, Andy van den Dobbelsteen

   Series: Applied Ecology and Environmental Management

   In the near future the appearance and spatial organization of urban and rural landscapes will be strongly influenced by the generation of renewable energy. One of the critical tasks will be the re-integration of these sustainable energy landscapes into the existing environment—which people value...

   Published September 11th 2012 by CRC Press
8. The Florentine Villa

   Architecture History Society

   By Grazia Gobbi Sica

   Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture

   Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the thirteenth century up to the present day....

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
9. Designing To Avoid Disaster

   The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

   By Thomas Fisher

   Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of...

   Published August 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process

    2nd Edition

    By Simon Bell

    Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes – climatic, geological, ecological and cultural – over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge – ranging in...

    Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge