''Landscape and Urban Planning'' is a monthly

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published by

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. It covers landscape science (including

landscape planning Landscape planning is a branch of landscape architecture. According to Erv Zube (1931–2002) landscape planning is defined as an activity concerned with developing landscaping amongst competing land uses while protecting natural processes and ...

design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...

, and

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

urban and regional planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

and

ecological engineering Ecological engineering uses ecology and engineering to predict, design, construct or restore, and manage ecosystems that integrate " human society with its natural environment for the benefit of both".W.J. Mitsch & S.E. Jorgensen (1989), "Introdu ...

and

urban ecology Urban ecology is the scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each other and their surroundings in an urban environment. An urban environment refers to environments dominated by high-density residential and commercial building ...

, and other practice-oriented fields. The

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are Joan I. Nassauer (

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) and Peter H. Verburg (

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History

The journal was established in 1974 by

as ''Landscape Planning'' under founding

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Arnold E. Weddle. In 1986, the journal was renamed and merged with the journal ''Urban Ecology''. In 1988, the journal also incorporated ''Reclamation and Revegetation Research''.

Editors-in-chief

''Landscape and Urban Planning''

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of ''Landscape and Urban Planning'':

''Urban Ecology''

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of ''Urban Ecology'': *

Amos Rapoport Amos Rapoport (28 March 1929, Warsaw) is a Polish psychologist, professor, architect and one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS). Ingold, Tim (2002) ''Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology'', Taylor & Francis He is the author of ...

(

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UW–Milwaukee, UWM, or Milwaukee) is a Public university, public Urban university, urban research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropo ...

): April 1981–1986 *Royce LaNier (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee): 1975–March 1981

''Reclamation and Revegetation Research''

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of ''Reclamation and Revegetation Research'': *Mohan K. Wali (

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (UND) is a Public university, public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. It was established by the Dakota Territory, Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishm ...

): 1982–1988 *Edward M. Watkin (Mine Waste Reclamation, Guelph, Ontario): 1983–1988

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is

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in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2022

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of 9.1.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/503347/description Landscape ecology Landscape architecture Urban planning Urban design English-language journals Monthly journals Elsevier academic journals Hybrid open access journals Academic journals established in 1974 Urban studies and planning journals