Defining landscape democracy: a path to spatial justice

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, such as: Why is democracy relevant to landscape? How do we democratise landscape? How might we achieve landscape and spatial justice? This work will provide 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.

Preface -- Foreword -- The landscape path to spatial justice: questioning, rather than fixing, the definition of landscape democracy / K. Olwig and D. Mitchell -- Introduction -- Introducing landscape democracy / S. Egoz, K. JØrgensen and D. Ruggeri -- Part A -- Framing the discourse -- 1. Democratic theories and potential for influence for civil society in planning processes / L. Knudtzon -- 2. Landscape democracy -- more than public participation? / M. Jones -- 3. Landscape architecture and the discourse of democracy in the Arab Middle East / J. Makhzoumi -- 4. Exploring the concept of 'democratic landscape' / B. Castiglioni and V. Ferrario -- 5. Shatter zone democracy?: what rising sea levels portend for future governance / C. Geisler -- 6. Making the case for landscape democracy: context and nuances / S. Egoz, K. JØrgensen and D. Ruggeri -- Part B Contextualising landscape democracy -- 7. Towards democratic professionalism in landscape architecture / P. Horrigan and M. Bose -- 8. Landscape assessment as conflict and consensus / A. Butler -- 9. Invisible and visible lines: landscape democracy and landscape practice / R. Alomar -- 10. Enacting landscape democracy: assembling pub…