160 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 29 x 22 cm
regular print
Contents
1. Proposing a new landscape -- 2. Living with the bush -- 3. Beyond the black stump -- 4. Surviving on the driest continent -- 5. Landscape as journey -- 6. City - setting for an outdoor life -- 7. Sustaining habitat ? -- 8. Past, present and future in the Australian landscape
Summary
Landscapes of the Australian continent are distinctive and different and are characterised by thin ancient soils and irregular rainfall. Discusses the work of landscape architects in Australia since the 1960s and describes how modern landscape architects listen closely to what the landscape has to say and design new landscapes in response
Analysis
Landscape architecture
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index
