Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process by Simon Bell ebook TXT, DOC, FB2
9780415608374 English 0415608376 By understanding the pattern-process of landscape development we can obtain a richer awareness of landscape and our place in it. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but also other senses), then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced together with the resulting patterns, these being landform patterns, ecosystem patterns and human patterns. It takes material from a wide range of neighbouring disciplines which a landscape planner or designer needs to be aware of but which are often taught as distinct elements, and binds them together, enabling the landscape to be "read" and this reading to be used as the basis for design This second edition updates and refreshes the original material with added sections and new photos, particularly making use of the developments in aerial photography. Featuring full colour throughout, this textbook is ideal for those studying disciplines which intersect with the landscape, and those which affect it., Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes climatic, geological, ecological and cultural over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge ranging in scale from the distribution of small plants to the sculptured sides of a huge canyon. Our perception of these patterns goes beyond just their visual appreciation beautiful though they may be into a richer understanding of how we experience our environment. By understanding this complex patternprocess interaction we can obtain a deeper awareness of landscape and our place in it as inhabitants and as shapers. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but including other senses), then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced alongside the resulting patterns, these being climatic, landform, ecosystem and cultural aspects. It is this integrative approach of looking at landscape as a kind of self-organising system, overlaid by conscious human planning activities and the unity of pattern and process, which makes this book unique. Landscape draws from a wide range of neighbouring disciplines, of which the landscape planner or designer needs to be aware, but which are often taught as distinct elements. Bell binds these fundamentals together, which enables the landscape to be 'read', and this reading to be used as the basis for planning and design. This second edition updates and refreshes the original material with added sections and new photos, particularly making use of the developments in satellite photography. Featuring full colour throughout, this textbook is ideal for anyone studying landscape architecture or any of the disciplines which intersect with the landscape, and which affect it., Wherever we are, whenever we are awake, we are experiencing the landscape, from the city street to the remote wilderness. We perceive our surroundings using all our senses. We orientate ourselves by the pattern of the landscape and find pleasure or displeasure in it. Those patterns, and the landscape they comprise, are dynamic, not static. The processes geological, ecological or cultural operate over varying time intervals ranging from millions of years to a few hours. Thus landscape is an amalgam of patterns, our perceptions and the processes that change both patterns and perceptions.
9780415608374 English 0415608376 By understanding the pattern-process of landscape development we can obtain a richer awareness of landscape and our place in it. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but also other senses), then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced together with the resulting patterns, these being landform patterns, ecosystem patterns and human patterns. It takes material from a wide range of neighbouring disciplines which a landscape planner or designer needs to be aware of but which are often taught as distinct elements, and binds them together, enabling the landscape to be "read" and this reading to be used as the basis for design This second edition updates and refreshes the original material with added sections and new photos, particularly making use of the developments in aerial photography. Featuring full colour throughout, this textbook is ideal for those studying disciplines which intersect with the landscape, and those which affect it., Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes climatic, geological, ecological and cultural over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge ranging in scale from the distribution of small plants to the sculptured sides of a huge canyon. Our perception of these patterns goes beyond just their visual appreciation beautiful though they may be into a richer understanding of how we experience our environment. By understanding this complex patternprocess interaction we can obtain a deeper awareness of landscape and our place in it as inhabitants and as shapers. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but including other senses), then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced alongside the resulting patterns, these being climatic, landform, ecosystem and cultural aspects. It is this integrative approach of looking at landscape as a kind of self-organising system, overlaid by conscious human planning activities and the unity of pattern and process, which makes this book unique. Landscape draws from a wide range of neighbouring disciplines, of which the landscape planner or designer needs to be aware, but which are often taught as distinct elements. Bell binds these fundamentals together, which enables the landscape to be 'read', and this reading to be used as the basis for planning and design. This second edition updates and refreshes the original material with added sections and new photos, particularly making use of the developments in satellite photography. Featuring full colour throughout, this textbook is ideal for anyone studying landscape architecture or any of the disciplines which intersect with the landscape, and which affect it., Wherever we are, whenever we are awake, we are experiencing the landscape, from the city street to the remote wilderness. We perceive our surroundings using all our senses. We orientate ourselves by the pattern of the landscape and find pleasure or displeasure in it. Those patterns, and the landscape they comprise, are dynamic, not static. The processes geological, ecological or cultural operate over varying time intervals ranging from millions of years to a few hours. Thus landscape is an amalgam of patterns, our perceptions and the processes that change both patterns and perceptions.