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Transdisciplinary Action Research in Landscape Architecture and Planning: Prospects and Challenges

Transdisciplinary Action Research in Landscape Architecture and Planning: Prospects and Challenges Foreword Transdisciplinary Action Research in Landscape Architecture and Planning Prospects and Challenges Daniel Stokols fundamental goal of scholarship in the field of landscape architecture is to enhance the practice of designing, planning, and managing the land (Neckar and Pitt 2010). Owing to the inherently multifunctional nature of landscapes (encompassing both natural or ecocentric, and cultural or anthropocentric dimensions), many scholars have stressed the importance of developing a strong cross-disciplinary approach to landscape research and practice--one that moves the field from multidisciplinary studies of the biological, physical, social, and cultural elements of landscape (which often proceed in parallel yet isolated fashion), toward interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research programs that explicitly integrate the diverse perspectives of multiple fields and facilitate the translation of research findings into practical guidelines for effective landscape design and management ( Fry 2001; Holling, Berkes, and Folke 1998; Levin 1999; Naveh 2001; Redman 1999; Tress et al. 2001).1 Despite earlier calls for establishing transdisciplinary approaches that integrate the social, behavioral, and natural sciences in landscape research and practice, considerable challenges still confront efforts to reconcile the academic and professional facets of the field and translate landscape scholarship into effective strategies for land planning and management (Gobster, Nassauer, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land University of Wisconsin Press

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Foreword Transdisciplinary Action Research in Landscape Architecture and Planning Prospects and Challenges Daniel Stokols fundamental goal of scholarship in the field of landscape architecture is to enhance the practice of designing, planning, and managing the land (Neckar and Pitt 2010). Owing to the inherently multifunctional nature of landscapes (encompassing both natural or ecocentric, and cultural or anthropocentric dimensions), many scholars have stressed the importance of developing a strong cross-disciplinary approach to landscape research and practice--one that moves the field from multidisciplinary studies of the biological, physical, social, and cultural elements of landscape (which often proceed in parallel yet isolated fashion), toward interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research programs that explicitly integrate the diverse perspectives of multiple fields and facilitate the translation of research findings into practical guidelines for effective landscape design and management ( Fry 2001; Holling, Berkes, and Folke 1998; Levin 1999; Naveh 2001; Redman 1999; Tress et al. 2001).1 Despite earlier calls for establishing transdisciplinary approaches that integrate the social, behavioral, and natural sciences in landscape research and practice, considerable challenges still confront efforts to reconcile the academic and professional facets of the field and translate landscape scholarship into effective strategies for land planning and management (Gobster, Nassauer,

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Landscape Journal: design, planning, and management of the land – University of Wisconsin Press

Published: Feb 22, 2011

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