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Research in Landscape Architecture Design Firms

Lessons from Practice

Robert L. Ryan
Landscape Journal, November 2023, 42 (2) 129-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.42.2.129
Robert L. Ryan
Robert L. Ryan, FASLA, is professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses on green infrastructure planning, research issues, and environment and behavior. His research explores place attachment as a motivation for urban green space stewardship and the role of research within landscape architecture firms. He is a coauthor of the award‐winning book With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature (Island Press, 1998) and of Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, 2019), as well as over forty journal articles and book chapters.
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