An Introduction to Landscape

Author:   Peter J. Howard
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781409403852


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   23 November 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Peter J. Howard
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781409403852


ISBN 10:   1409403858
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   23 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Part 1 What is Landscape?: Landscape as culture; Landscape as picture; Capsule 1: reading pictures; Landscape as scale; European round table; Capsule 2: abroad is different; Capsule 3: Mediterranean landscapes; Landscapes of the other senses; Capsule 4: travel. Part 2 How is Landscape Perceived?: Landscape as a common heritage; Capsule 5: maps; Capsule 6: participation; Our personal landscapes; Capsule 7: woodland and forest; Capsule 8: coast; National landscape; Capsule 9: mountains; Capsule 10: moor, marsh, heath and fen; Class; Capsule 11: rivers and lakes; Capsule 12: farms and farmland; Insiders and experts; Capsule 13: villages; Capsule 14: towns; Whose landscape when?; Where is this place? Part 3 What is the Future?: Protecting landscapes; Managing landscape; Capsule 15: industrial landscape; Enhancing the landscape; Trends for the future; Index.

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'Howard provides ample insight into the complexities and contradictions of landscape, for designers in the role of enhancers, to invest their practices with new creative approaches from an informed contemporary perspective.' Garden Design Journal 'In the Aotearoa context it would be an excellent introductory text for students of landscape in any discipline, and equally would be highly informative for anyone who would like an introduction to the 'richness of the present confusion' (p.1) in landscape studies. Howard's very accessible book can help us all better understand the landscapes we love, why we love them and why others might care differently about them.' New Zealand Geographer 'An Introduction to landscape attempts to cover a vast interdisciplinary maze with erudition; and many readers, both students of landscape-related disciplines and the general reader who is seeking to better understand the physical world around them and how it has been represented, will find many thought provoking and stimulating ideas here.' Australian Archaeology


'Howard provides ample insight into the complexities and contradictions of landscape, for designers in the role of enhancers, to invest their practices with new creative approaches from an informed contemporary perspective.' Garden Design Journal 'In the Aotearoa context it would be an excellent introductory text for students of landscape in any discipline, and equally would be highly informative for anyone who would like an introduction to the 'richness of the present confusion' (p.1) in landscape studies. Howard's very accessible book can help us all better understand the landscapes we love, why we love them and why others might care differently about them.' New Zealand Geographer 'An Introduction to landscape attempts to cover a vast interdisciplinary maze with erudition; and many readers, both students of landscape-related disciplines and the general reader who is seeking to better understand the physical world around them and how it has been represented, will find many thought provoking and stimulating ideas here.' Australian Archaeology


Author Information

Peter Howard is a geographer who studied at Newcastle and later at Exeter. He taught landscape ideas to students of art and design, and later ran degree courses in landscape and heritage, at Plymouth University. He is now Visiting Professor of Cultural Landscapes at Bournemouth, and is editor of the Landscape Research journal.

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