Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice (Reading the American Landscape)

ISBN 10: 0807160784 / ISBN 13: 9780807160787

Published by LSU Press, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design: Finding Center in Theory and Practice (Reading the American Landscape)
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807160784
• ISBN 13: 9780807160787
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The successful realization of diversity, resilience, usefulness, profitability, or beauty in landscape design requires a firm understanding of the stakeholders' values. This collection, which incorporates a wide variety of geographic locations and cultural perspectives, reinforces the necessity for clear and articulate comprehension of the many factors that guide the design process.
As the contributors to this collection reveal, dominant and emerging social, political, philosophical, and economic concerns perpetually assert themselves in designed landscapes, from manifestations of class consciousness in Napa Valley vineyards to recurring themes and conflicts in American commemorative culture as seen in designs for national memorials. One essay demonstrates the lasting impact of the doctrine of Manifest Destiny on the culture and spaces of the Midwest, while another considers the shifting historical narratives that led to the de-domestication and subsequent re-wilding of the Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands. These eleven essays help foster the ability to conduct a balanced analysis of various value systems and produce a lucid visualization of the necessary tradeoffs. Offering an array of case studies and theoretical arguments, Values in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design encourages professionals and educators to bring self-awareness, precision, and accountability to their consideration of landscape designs.

About the Author

M. Elen Deming is professor of landscape architecture and director of the Doctor of Design program at the College of Design at North Carolina State University. She is an essayist and editor who considers how society shapes, and is in turn shaped by, its cultural landscapes.