Explains what landscape architecture is and what it does

Explores both its history and origins as well as modern developments in landscape urbanism and ecological urbanism

Considers the misconceptions about landscape architecture

Includes examples of landscape architecture from around the world

Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, amongst other things, in the layout of business parks, the reclamation of derelict industrial sites, the restoration of historic city parks, and the siting and design of major pieces of infrastructure such as motorways, dams, power stations, and flood defences, as well as the planning of parks and gardens. Taking a historical perspective, Ian Thompson looks at both the roots of landscape architecture and the people that established it.

This Very Short Introduction explores some of the misconceptions about landscape architecture and considers the discipline's origins in landscape gardening. Thompson takes a look at a number of areas, including the influence of Modernism, the difference between landscape design and landscape planning, and the way that planning legislation has driven the growth of the discipline. He also explores contemporary environmentalism, the debate as to whether landscape architecture is an art or a science, landscape architecture in the community, post-industrial projects, and its relationship with ecological urbanism.

解释了什么是景观建筑以及它的作用

探讨了它的历史和起源，以及景观城市主义和生态城市主义的现代发展。

探讨了对景观建筑的误解

包括世界各地的景观建筑实例

景观设计在塑造我们生活和工作的地方方面发挥着重要作用。但它是什么呢？景观设计师参与了商业园区的布局、废弃工业用地的复垦、历史悠久的城市公园的恢复、主要基础设施的选址和设计，如高速公路、水坝、发电站和防洪堤，以及公园和花园的规划。伊恩-汤普森从历史的角度出发，探讨了景观建筑的根源和建立它的人。

这本《非常简短的介绍》探讨了关于景观建筑的一些误解，并考虑了该学科在景观园艺中的起源。汤普森对一些领域进行了考察，包括现代主义的影响、景观设计和景观规划之间的区别，以及规划立法推动该学科发展的方式。他还探讨了当代环境主义、关于景观建筑是艺术还是科学的争论、社区中的景观建筑、后工业项目以及它与生态城市主义的关系。