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    COASTAL PLANNING                          TOWN PLANNING                                     OPEN SPACE DESIGN


ALL MUST ASSURE THE BEAUTY AND USEFULNESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ASSURE THE FUTURE BY THOUGHT

ZONING IS FREQUENTLY USED AS A TOOL FOR PLANNING

PLANNING BEGAN IN THE WEST IN THE ALPS OF SWITZERLAND SOME 900 YEARS AGO TO PROTECT VILLAGES FROM AVALANCHES DUE TO TIMBERING ON SLOPES ABOVE THEM. CENTURIES EARLIER ASIAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN COMMUNITIES RECOGNIZED FLOODING AS A LIMITING FACTOR TO LIFE AND COMMERCE

ALL FACTORS THEN REMAIN RELEVANT TODAY BUT FREQUENTLY REGULATIONS AND PROCESS PLACE LEGAL POSITIONS AND NICHE' COMMERCIAL ISSUES AHEAD OF PHYSICAL AND COMMUNITY REALITY

MODERN DIGITAL MAPPING AND COMPUTER ASSISTED DRAFTING TECHNIQUES PLACE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE BACK AS THE ONLY PROFESSION THAT CAN INTERPRET DATA ON THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL INCLUSIVE OF DESIGN, SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY,ENGINEERING, PLANNING and LAW

Additionally, our firm seeks to shift the planning paradigm to Landscape Architecture as a primary rather than secondary profession. Ironically Australia has defined the practice as shown below in an encompassing way as it should be here.

The following is an outline of the landscape architect's typical scope of service:[1]

1. Developing new or improved theories, policy and methods for landscape planning, design and management at local, regional, national and multinational levels.

2. Developing policies and plans and implementing and monitoring proposals for conservation and recreation areas such as national parks.

3. Developing new or improved theories and methods to promote environmental awareness and undertaking planning, design, restoration, management and maintenance of cultural and/or historic landscapes, parks, sites and gardens.

4. Planning, design, management, maintenance and monitoring functional and aesthetic layouts of built environment in urban, suburban, and rural areas including private and public open spaces, parks, gardens, streetscapes, plazas, housing developments, burial grounds, memorials; tourist, commercial, industrial and educational complexes; sports grounds, zoos, botanic gardens, recreation areas and farms.

5. Contributing to the planning, aesthetic and functional design, location, management and maintenance of infrastructure such as roads, dams, wind farms and other energy and major development projects.

6. Undertaking landscape assessments including environmental and visual impact assessments to prepare policies or inform new developments.

7. Inspecting sites, analysing factors such as climate, soil, flora, fauna, surface and subsurface water and drainage; and consulting with clients and making recommendations regarding methods of work and sequences of operations for projects related to the landscape and built environment.

8. Identifying and developing appropriate solutions regarding the quality and use of the built environment in urban, suburban and rural areas and making designs, plans and working drawings, specifications of work, cost estimates and time schedules.

9. Monitoring the realisation and inspecting the construction of proposals to ensure compliance with plans, specifications of work, cost estimates and time schedules.

10. Conducting research, preparing scientific papers and technical reports, developing policy, teaching, and advising on aspects regarding landscape architecture such as the application of geographic information systems, remote sensing, law, landscape communication, interpretation and landscape ecology.

11. Project management of large scale landscape planning and design projects including management of other consultants such as engineers, architects and planners.

12. Acting as an expert witness in Development and Environment Courts