Main entry:

Thompson, Ian H., 1955-

Title & Author:

Ecology, community, and delight : sources of values in landscape architecture / Ian H. Thompson.

Publication:

London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 2000, ©1999.

Description:

x, 201 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What this book is about -- pt. I. Delight -- 2. Natural aesthetics -- 3. In practice: improving the view? -- 4. Landscape architecture as an artform -- 5. In practice: but is it art? -- pt. II. Community -- 6. The social value of landscape architecture -- 7. In practice: social workers in green wellies? -- pt. III. Ecology -- 8. Environmental ethics -- 9. In practice: saving the planet? -- 10. Tri-valent design -- Appendix. practitioner profiles.

Summary:

"Landscape architecture is a key profession for a world facing an uncertain environmental future. Yet it is hindered by a chronic identity crisis. Is it primarily concerned with making beautiful places, helping people or saving the planet from ecological catastrophe? 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."--Jacket

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419251502 (hbk.)
9780419251507 (hbk.)
0419236104 (pbk.)
9780419236108 (pbk.)

Subject:

Landscape architecture.
Landscape architecture Philosophy.
Environment (Aesthetics)
Landscape assessment.
Architecture du paysage.
Architecture du paysage Philosophie.
Environnement (Esthétique)
Paysages Évaluation.
landscape architecture (discipline)
Landscaping.
Landscape conservation.
Environment.
Value systems.
Bewertung
Gartenkunst
Landschaftsarchitektur
Ästhetik
Landschaftsplanung
Landschapsarchitectuur.
Landskapsplanlegging.
Landskapsøkologi.
Landskapsarkitektur.
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
beoordeling
assessment
filosofie
philosophy
esthetische waarde
aesthetic value
milieu
environment
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211163
Call No.: SB472 .T4 2000
Status: Available