The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies (Routledge International Handbooks) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138720313 ISBN 13: 9781138720312

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

This new edition of The Routledge Companion to Landscape Studies contains an updated and expanded selection of original chapters which explore research directions in an array of disciplines sharing a concern for ‘landscape’, a term which has many uses and meanings. It features 33 revised and/or updated chapters and 14 entirely new chapters on topics such as the Anthropocene, Indigenous landscapes, challenging landscape Eurocentrisms, photography and green infrastructure planning.

The volume is divided into four parts: Experiencing landscape; Landscape, heritage and culture; Landscape, society and justice; and Design and planning for landscape. Collectively, the book provides a critical review of the various fields related to the study of landscapes, including the future development of conceptual and theoretical approaches, as well as current empirical knowledge and understanding. It encourages dialogue across disciplinary barriers and between academics and practitioners, and reflects upon the implications of research findings for local, national and international policy in relation to landscape.

The Companion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to current thinking about landscapes, and serves as an invaluable point of reference for scholars, researchers and graduate students alike.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Howard is Visiting Professor of Cultural Landscape at Bournemouth University, UK.

Ian Thompson is Reader in Landscape Architecture at Newcastle University, UK.

Emma Waterton is Associate Professor in the Geographies of Heritage at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Mick Atha is an Adjunct Assistant Professor teaching Archaeology and Landscape Studies in the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138720313
• ISBN 13: 9781138720312
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 650
• Editor: Howard Peter, Thompson Ian, Waterton Emma, Atha Mick