1st Edition

Exploring the Boundaries of Landscape Architecture

Edited By Simon Bell, Ingrid Herlin, Richard Stiles Copyright 2012
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

What have cultural anthropologists, historical geographers, landscape ecologists and environmental artists got in common? Along with eight other disciplines, from domains as diverse as planning and design, the arts and humanities as well as the social and natural sciences, they are all fields of importance to the theory and practice of landscape architecture. In the context of the EU funded... Read more

Foreword Diedrich Bruns, President of ECLAS  Introduction Simon Bell, Ingrid Sarlöv Herlin and Richard Stiles  Part 1. 1. Theoretical Landscapes Kari Jormakka, Vienna University of Technology, Austria  2. Trees: The Living Structure of the Landscape Gabor Schmidt, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary  3. Space, Place and Perception Detlev Ipsen, University of Kassel, Germany  4. A Prospect of Time Graham Fairclough, English Heritage, UK  Part 2.  5. Space, Place and Gaze Knut Åsdam, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway 6. Are Landscape Ecology/Architecture Synergistic? Bob Bunce, Alterra, Wageningen, the Netherlands  7. Past Meets Present Klaus Dieter Kleefeld and Winfried Schenk, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelm University, Bonn, Germany  8. Trees Shaping Landscapes João Bento and Domingos Lopes, University of Alto Douro y Tras os Montes, Vila Real, Portugal  Part 3.  9. Valuing the View Colin Price, Bangor University, UK  10. Space, Place, Site and Locality Robert Rotenberg, De Paul University, Chicago  11. Greening Planning Marco Venturi, University of Venezia, Italy  12. The Place of Landscape Stephen Daniels, University of Nottingham, UK  Part 4. Conclusions  13. Reflections and Conclusions Maggie Roe, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Biography

    Simon Bell OPENspace research centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

    Ingrid Sarlöv Herlin Swedish Agricultural University, Alnarp, Sweden

    Richard Stiles Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria