Ecology, Community and Delight

An Inquiry into Values in Landscape Architecture
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-419-23610-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 190 mm x 247 mm, Gewicht: 603 g

This book examines the three principal value systems which influence landscape architectural practice: the aesthetic, the social and the environmental, and seeks to discover the role that the profession should be playing now and for the future. The book integrates an investigation of historical sources with contemporary research into the beliefs and values of practitioners. The book raises questions such as: should landscape architecture aspire to the status of an art form? What is the relationship between aesthetics and ecology? Does landscape architecture have a social mission?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Natural Aesthetics. In Practice: Improving the View? Landscape Architecture as an Artform. In Practice but is it Art? The Social Value of Landscape Architecture. In Practice: Social Workers in Green Wellies? Environmental Ethics. In Practice: Saving the Planet? Tri-valent Design. Appendix: Practitioner Profiles.

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Thompson