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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
By Yajnanendra Pratap Singh
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Before the Ancient World
3. The Nineteenth Century
4. Site and Context
5. Landscape Character
6. Site Planning and Development: The View of the Landscape
7. The Scope of Landscape Architecture
8. Modernism
9. Use and Beauty
10. An Environmental Discipline
11. The Place of Art
12. Landscape Planning
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Site and Context

Archeological Site: a place in which evidence of past Site analysis is preliminary phase of architectural and Elements of Site Analysis
activity is preserved. urban design process to study various factors • Location • Manmade Features
• Neighborhood Context • Circulation
• Size & Zoning • Utilities
• Legal Parameters • Sensory
• Natural Physical Features • Human & Culture
• Climate
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Site Planning in landscape architecture refers to the organization stages of the landscape design process .

Transportation Planning Urban Planning

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Landscape Character
Landscape Character: The physical geology and topography, combined with green cover, are major contributors to the structure and the aesthetic aspects of
landscapes.
Aesthetic Characteristics of Plants Landscape Architecture Studio - I
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Landscape Planning
Landscape planning is a natural resource problem-solving and management process.

A linear park is a park in an urban or

suburban setting that is substantially longer
than it is wide.

A greenway is "a strip of undeveloped land near an urban area, set A foreshore way is a greenway that provides a public
aside for recreational use or environmental protection". right-of-way along the edge of the sea, open to both
Five general types of greenways: walkers and cyclists.
• Urban riverside greenways
• Recreational greenways
• Ecological significant natural corridors
• Scenic and Historic routes
• Comprehensive greenways
Vegetation Induced Cooling Landscape Architecture Studio - I
Trees and vegetative elements serve as cooling apparatus and help to reject heat through cooling of roofs, cooling of paved surfaces, and provision of shade.
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Conclusion

• Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social behavioral or aesthetic outcomes.

• These chapters describes various stages and characteristics involved in Landscape.

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References
• Landscape Architecture by Yajnanendra Pratap Singh
• Landscape Graphics by Grant W. Reid

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