Transformative Ground

<p>Aimed at students and instructors alongside practitioners and researchers in landscape architecture and its allied disciplinary fields this book provides the reader with a clear framework of theoretical and practical considerations for interpreting and designing post-industrial landscapes. One of the biggest contemporary challenges currently faced in the profession is how to effectively understand and work with the transformational possibilities of post-industrial landscapes while negotiating significant spatial challenges such as degradation and fragmentation. </p><p><em>Transformative Ground: A Field Guide to the Post-Industrial Landscape</em> presents a range of theoretical perspectives and practical approaches offering a broad scope of contemporary design strategies that deal with post-industrial landscapes. Through a series of thematic chapters allied with precedents from leading design offices this book identifies how the context of post-industrial landscapes has compelled shifts in fundamental ideas that underpin landscape design. As a richly illustrated account of this transformative ground this book provides a must-have guide to help you reimagine the post-industrial landscape. </p>