1 HISTORY AND IDEAS 12
Yesterday and today 14
Before the ancient world 16
The ancient world 22
The Middle Ages 26
The Renaissance and baroque 30
The nineteenth century 38
The twentieth century 42
Millennial landscapes 48
2 SITE AND CONTEXT 50
Landscape：site and context 52
Climate 58
Land 64
Water 68
Plants 72
Topography 76
Landscape character 80
3 INHABITING THE LANDSCAPE 84
Site planning and development 86
The view of the landscape 92
Landscape planting 96
Flow：circulation and access 100
Structures and habitation 104
Community planning 108
How to get the most out of this book 6
Introduction 8
Conclusion 180
Glossary 182
Contacts and useful resources 186
Bibliography 189
Index 190
Acknowledgements and picture credits 192
Working with ethics 193
4 REPRESENTATION 112
The sketch 114
Orthographic projection 118
Perspective 122
3D images 124
Models 126
Computer-aided design（CAD） 130
Storyboards 132
The moving image 134
Presentation 136
The portfolio 138
5 THE ANATOMY OF A PROJECT 140
The Coventry Phoenix Initiative 142
The project timeline 144
1.Brief 146
2.Concept 148
3.Analysis 150
4.Synthesis 152
5.Detail development 158
6.Construction 160
7.Maturation 162
6 CAREERS 164
Design and vision 166
Planningthelandscape Management and 168
conservation 170
Historic conservation 172
The science of landscape 174
Cities and towns 176
Gardens and parks 178