Table of Contents

Part 1: Pluralism 1. Is the Truth Out There? 2. Trivalent Design Part 2: Aesthetics 3. Rationalism 4. Empiricism 5. The Picturesque 6. Biological Theories 7. Use and Beauty 8. Functionalism 9. Landscape as Art Part 3: The Social Mission 10. Landscape and Power 11. The Failed Vision of Modernism 12. The Amelioration of the City 13. Participation and Collaboration Part 4: Ecology 13. Meanings and Metaphors in Ecology 14. Varieties of Environmental Ethics 15. The Ecological Approach and Landscape Ecology 16. Sustainability Part 5: Some other Perspectives 17. Phenomenology and the Experience of Landscape 18. The Genius Loci Part 6: Conclusions and Suggestions 19. Pulling it all Together. Further Reading

About the Author

The University of Newcastle, UK