Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process - Hardcover

Bell, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0419203400 ISBN 13: 9780419203407

Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 1999

Synopsis

Providing a fresh approach to the theory of design, Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process synthesizes planning, design and ecology and shows a new view of where design can develop. The book brings together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines including psychologists, philosophers, geologists, ecologists, cultural geographers, foresters, urban planners and landscape architects and synthesizes all these together. Since many landscape and environmental problems require multi-disciplinary approaches for their solution, this book demonstrates how the best integration can be achieved.
Highly illustrated, it contains examples from North America, Canada, Europe and Australasia. Glossary, references and further reading provide the reader with guidance and back-up resources.

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Review

'The book provides a good introduction to many of the recent theories on patterns in nature, and would provide an excellent starting point for further research.' - Landscape Design

'Bell includes recent concepts and provides detailed descriptions of up-to-date design methods ... this ecologically insightful book raises critical issues.' - Architectural Review

'This is a wide-ranging book which seeks to synthesize knowledge across disciplines as diverse as geomorphology, ecology, psychology and philosophical aesthetics.' - Landscape Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0419203400
• ISBN 13: 9780419203407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352