In an age when mankind's stewardship of the environment is under

constant scrutiny,Urban Landscape Design tells the positive side of

the story. These carefully researched projects demonstrate high

quality solutions to man's urban spatial needs. We see how, for

example, China's necessity to maintain food production, inspires

hybrid landscape solutions implemented by students of architecture.

Stunning images describe how in California a formerly forbidding dark

alleyway can be transformed into an inviting, well-lit recreational

space. Innovation and regeneration are the fundamental themes linking

the public open spaces, waterfronts, boulevards and squares....