194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front

practices that shape the built environment. While providing depth for experienced professionals, it is written in a way that is accessible to beginning students. Pairing sections on the principles of planning with extensively detailed and well illustrated case studies allows for an understanding of the relationships between theory and practice. Moreover, the selection of examples not only sparks interest in individual topics but also establishes a platform for discussion across spatial scales, ecosystem types, and social systems. As a result of its combination of form and content, this book is a rich tool for both introductory and advanced courses. By clearly and convincingly demonstrating the need to integrate a knowledge of natural processes with that of social needs in site analysis, The Living Landscape provides something rare: a bridge across the artificial professional divide between landscape architecture and environmental planning.