Ian Thompson

Ecology, Community and Delight

An Inquiry Into Values in Landscape Architecture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 193mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780419251507
• ISBN-10: 0419251502
• Artikelnr.: 21394075

Autorenporträt

Ian Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

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.