The papers presented in this volume range from proposals for new design approaches, historical analysis of the relationship between the practice of landscape architecture and environmentalism, to the theories of early practitioners of landscape architecture imbued by an environmentalist outlook.

The issues above are addressed through topics as eclectic as the design of American zoos, the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority, road design and maintenance in Texas, and criticism of relationships between the words and works of select landscape architects. This volume provides a fresh approach to encounters between environmentalism and landscape architecture by reframing the issues through self-reflection instead of strategic debate.

Michel Conan is Director of Garden and Landscape Studies, Dumbarton Oaks.

Other HUP Books by Michel Conan

• Perspectives on Garden Histories
• Bourgeois and Aristocratic Cultural Encounters in Garden Art, 1550-1850
• Landscape Design and Experience of Motion
• Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations
• Gardens, City Life, and Culture: A World Tour
• Performance and Appropriation: Profane Rituals in Gardens and Landscapes
• Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations, and Cultural Changes
• Sacred Gardens and Landscapes: Ritual and Agency
• Baroque Garden Cultures: Emulation, Sublimation, Subversion
• The Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity; Questions, Methods, and Resources in a Multicultural Perspective
• Gardens and Cultural Change: A Pan-American Perspective
• Gardens and Imagination: Cultural History and Agency