THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION (HB 2023)

In this handbook, 60 authors, senior and junior educators, and researchers from six continents provide an overview of 200 years of landscape architectural education. They tell the stories of schools and people, of visions, and of experiments that constitute landscape architecture education heritage.

Through taking an international perspective, the handbook centers inclusivity with an appreciation for how education develops in different political and societal contexts. Part I introduces the field of education history research, including research approaches and international research exchange. Spanning more than 100 years, Parts II and III investigate and compare early and recent histories of landscape architecture education in different countries and schools. In Part IV, the book offers new perspectives for landscape architecture education. Education research presents a substantial opportunity for challenging studies to increase the pedagogic and didactic, the academic and historic, and the disciplinary knowledge basis.

Through a boundary-crossing approach, these studies about landscape architecture education provide a reference to teachers and students, policymakers, and administrators, who strive for innovative, holistic, and interdisciplinary practice.

Diedrich Bruns is Professor Emeritus at the University of Kassel, Germany. His research expertise is in planning history, landscape planning, and communication methods. His academic appointments include universities in Toronto, Canada; Stuttgart, Germany; and California and Minnesota, USA. Dr Bruns has published several peer-reviewed journal papers, book chapters, and books. He is founder of the consulting firm Landscape Ecology & Planning, and a past president of ECLAS.

Stefanie Hennecke is Professor for Open Space Planning at the University of Kassel, Germany. She has a doctoral degree from the University of the Arts, Berlin. Until 2013 she was junior professor of history and theory of landscape architecture at the Technical University of Munich. Her research topics are the history of urban green spaces in the 19th and 20th centuries and the development of adaptable urban green spaces for people and wildlife. In 2021, she edited a book on the impact of Covid-19 on public open spaces.