Landscape planning: The need to train specialists

Abstract The first author to outline a programme of studies for the landscape professional was J.C. Loudon. He did so in 1804. It was almost a century before any courses were established, but by and large, the twentieth-century programmes of landscape education have been designed to provide general instruction of the type recommended by Loudon. Since any profession needs both generalists and specialists, it is argued that the landscape profession now needs specialist training courses to supplement its general courses. One of the most important specialisations to be developed is landscape planning. The main need is tor post-graduate programmes which are open to members of the professions concerned with landscape planning. The scope of the article is restricted to the English-speaking world.