Edited by Shelley Egoz, Karsten Jørgensen and Deni Ruggeri, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
With a foreword by Kenneth Olwig and Don Mitchell
Publication Date: 2018
ISBN: 978 1 78643 833 1
This stimulating book explores the intersection of landscape, democracy and spatial justice on an international scale to offer an overarching definition and examination of the emerging field of landscape democracy.
The concept of landscape in academia, policy and practice, is being met with growing interest and a wider understanding that it is a complex living environment, moulded by tangible and intangible mediums, processes and systems. This book examines how physical, mental, emotional, economic, social and cultural wellbeing depend in large part on inclusive planning and management of landscapes. Through a broad set of theoretical and conceptual frameworks and international case studies, the authors of Defining Landscape Democracy address critical questions, like: Why is democracy relevant to landscape? How do we democratise landscape? How might we achieve landscape and spatial justice?
This work will furnish new knowledge and insights for researchers in the fields of landscape architecture, human geography, planning, public policy, sociology, landscape management, and designers and planners actively engaged in shaping democratic public spaces and communities.