• ISBN13: 9780367625252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: December 10, 2023
• Pages: 424
• Original Price: 195.0 GBP
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: N/A

This edited collection presents current writing about the pivotal roles that landscape architects play in addressing some of the most pressing problems facing the planet, its environments and its populations through their research, analysis and speculative practice.

Kate Bishop is Associate Professor and Discipline Director of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Kate’s background in environment-behavior research underpins her teaching and research and her particular area of interest: children, youth and environments. She specializes in the research and design of environments for children with special needs, child and youth-friendly urban planning and design, and participatory methodologies with children and young people. Kate worked in private industry and government before becoming an academic.

Linda Corkery is Professor Emerita, Landscape Architecture, at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Throughout her academic and professional career, Linda has focused on the planning and design of public landscapes and their social dimensions, provision of greenspace in high-density cities, and planning and design for inclusive public spaces. Her research and publications consider public open space and parklands as essential green infrastructure features supporting urban ecologies, as well as human health and well-being. Linda is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and a founding director of the Landscape Foundation of Australia.