|
" Ecology, Community and Delight : "
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
994045
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b748415
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Thompson, Ian.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Ecology, Community and Delight : : an Inquiry into Values in Landscape Architecture.
|
| Edition Statement
|
:
|
1.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Hoboken :: Taylor and Francis,, 2003.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (251 pages)
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0203362497
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780203362495
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; What this book is about; Delight; Natural aesthetics; In practice: improving the view?; Landscape architecture as an artform; In practice: but is it art?; Community; The social value of landscape architecture; In practice: social workers in green wellies?; Ecology; Environmental ethics; In practice: saving the planet?; Tri-valent design; Appendix: practitioner profiles; Index.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
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?
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Environment (Aesthetics)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape architecture-- Philosophy.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape architecture.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape assessment.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape architecture.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Environment (Aesthetics)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape architecture-- Philosophy.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape architecture.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Landscape assessment.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
712/.01
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
SB472.T48 2000eb
|
| |