How does landscape architecture contribute to society?
The shaping of the urban and natural environment ripples throughout any culture, so landscape architects’ work impacts the quality of peoples lives on obvious and not so obvious levels. For example, decisions about how to build or design a small community park can significantly impact the quality of life for individuals in that community, and that’s a tangible contribution. Less tangible is that landscape architects have made powerful, positive decisions on how to manage an entire watershed, which means a community may have a higher quality of water and a cleaner environment. EDITOR’S NOTE: If you would like to follow up with Allen Compton about the field of landscape architecture, click here.
