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Winner of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) National Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017
Winner of the AILA VIC Excellence Award (Research and Communication) 2017
Highly Commended (Communication and Presentation) Landscape Institute Awards 2018

Landscape architecture has a pivotal role in ensuring environmental sustainability through design interventions. This book takes a broad look at strategies and completed projects to provide the reader with a strong understanding of the sustainability challenges being faced by designers today, and potential routes to addressing them.

The book covers essential concepts of landscape architecture and environmental sustainability, including:

- Ecology, multifunctional landscapes and sensitive intervention
- Remediation, cleansing and environmental infrastructure
- Social sustainability, design activism and healthy landscapes
- Food systems, productive landscapes and transportation
- Performance ratings, materials and life cycles

Through case studies from around the world and interviews with leading landscape architects and practitioners, this book invites discussion about possible future scenarios, relevant theories and project responses in landscape environmental design. With hundreds of color images throughout the book, and additional study material in the companion website, Joshua Zeunert provides an overview of the multidimensional qualities of landscape sustainability.

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• Preface(p. 6)
• Chapter 1 An Introduction
• A Brief Environmental History(p. 11)
• Conservation, Environment and Sustainability Movements(p. 21)
• 21st Century CE(p. 27)
• What does this mean for Landscape Architecture?(p. 35)
• Further Reading(p. 37)
• Chapter 2 Landscape and Ecology
• Landscape Ecology and Ecological Restoration(p. 40)
• Ecological and Environmental Planning(p. 51)
• Land Management and Multifunctional Landscapes(p. 60)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 63)
• Further Reading(p. 63)
• Interview: Nina-Marie Lister(p. 64)
• Chapter 3 Landscape as Cleanser
• Post-industrial Transformation and Adaptive Reuse(p. 68)
• Remediation(p. 80)
• Environmental Water Cycle Management(p. 100)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 117)
• Further Reading(p. 117)
• Interview: Tony Wong(p. 118)
• Chapter 4 Environmental Infrastructure
• Grey Infrastructure's Legacy(p. 122)
• Landscape's Role(p. 125)
• Resilience to Climate Change(p. 130)
• Transport(p. 134)
• Energy Landscapes(p. 156)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 163)
• Further Reading(p. 163)
• Interview: Dirk Sijmons(p. 164)
• Chapter 5 Landscape and Food
• Food Systems(p. 168)
• Food Planning, Policy and Design(p. 177)
• Allotment, Community Gardens and Public Foodscapes(p. 184)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 192)
• Further Reading(p. 192)
• Interview: Tim Waterman(p. 194)
• Chapter 6 Landscape Activism, Art and Beauties
• Activist Landscape Art(p. 198)
• Landscape Beauties and Sustainability(p. 208)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 210)
• Further Reading(p. 210)
• Interview(p. 212)
• Chapter 7 Social Sustainability: Influence Beyond Site
• Ethics(p. 216)
• Social Sustainability(p. 220)
• Economics and Landscape as an Economic Generator(p. 226)
• Design as a Service Sector(p. 230)
• Governance(p. 231)
• Education(p. 234)
• Healthy Landscapes(p. 239)
• Public Consultation, Community Engagement and Maintenance(p. 244)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 246)
• Further Reading(p. 246)
• Interview(p. 248)
• Chapter 8 Less is More: A Lighter Touch
• Landscape Sensitivity(p. 252)
• Restraint(p. 257)
• Environmental Management and Maintenance(p. 261)
• Communication and Relationships(p. 266)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 271)
• Further Reading(p. 271)
• Interview(p. 272)
• Chapter 9 Landscape and Performance
• Performance and Ratings(p. 276)
• Embodied Energy and Material Life Cycles(p. 281)
• Responsible Materials(p. 283)
• Post-Completion Review(p. 288)
• Study/discussion questions(p. 289)
• Further Reading(p. 289)
• Interview(p. 290)
• Chapter 10 Scenarios, Challenges and Reframing Land (Scape)
• New Approaches(p. 294)
• Interview(p. 306)
• Further Reading(p. 308)
• Glossary(p. 308)
• Resources(p. 312)
• Index(p. 314)
• Acknowledgments(p. 318)
• Image Credits(p. 320)

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CHOICE Review

Zeunert, a lecturer in Landscape Architecture (Deakin Univ., Australia), uses a case study approach to illustrate the many ways in which the discipline of landscape architecture can be employed to increase the sustainability of urban and agricultural regions. Zeunert also taps complementary disciplines, such as landscape ecology and environmental engineering, to offer solutions to sustainability issues related to water, food, and other land management issues. The text is augmented with copious illustrations, diagrams, and color photography; it includes interviews with several prominent landscape architects, who provide varied perspectives on the discipline and its achievements. Unfortunately, the book's design uses a collage approach to photographs (many of which are uncaptioned), text blocks, and quotes, forcing the reader to do the work of inferring relationships among the many case studies and larger themes. Short paragraphs under subheadings, which seem to transition abruptly from one topic to another, contribute to the book's sense of disjointedness. Although the author provides a broad overview of a diverse set of sustainability issues, this reviewer is left wishing the book offered better synthesis and a more cohesive sense of the whole; instead it feels at times like a compendium of disconnected photos, text, and quotes. Summing Up: Optional. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. --Audrey L Mayer, Michigan Technological University

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Joshua Zeunert is a Landscape Architect and Lecturer at Deakin University in Australia. He was previously a lecturer at Writtle School of Design in the UK and the University of Adelaide, and an academic at the University of New South Wales and University of South Australia. Joshua has worked on a range of significant urban design and landscape architecture projects, and he is the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Landscape and Food (2017).