Table of Contents
May 01, 2025; Volume 44,Issue 1
Editor’s Letter
- You have accessRestricted accessEditor’s LetterJames LaGro Jr.Landscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) iv-v; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.iv
About This Issue
- You have accessRestricted accessAbout This IssueJames LaGro Jr.Landscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) vi; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.vi
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- You have accessRestricted accessA Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Effects of Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) on Housing PricesBoyoung Park and Byoung‐Suk KweonLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 1-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.1Boyoung ParkDr. Boyoung Park is a lecturer in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. She completed her PhD at the University of Maryland, where her dissertation focused on the economic effects of stormwater BMPs on housing sale prices in Washington, DC. With a background in stormwater BMPs, Dr. Park’s research interests lie in understanding the impacts of these practices on urban sustainability, environmental policy, and community well‐being. In addition to publishing peer‐reviewed articles, book chapters and reports, Dr. Park has presented her research at conferences such as CELA, EDURA, and GCEC, receiving the 3rd award at the AGNR Cornerstone event at the University of Maryland.Byoung‐Suk KweonDr. Byoung‐Suk Kweon is a professor and the director of the Design Center for Environmental and Community Health in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. She is also a registered landscape architect. Her research interests include environmental behaviors, landscape performance, environmental justice, urban agriculture and landscape architecture. She has authored numerous articles, book chapters and reports, and she has been recognized as one of the 10 most cited landscape architecture faculty members in the United States.
- You have accessRestricted accessZoning: A Prospective Instrument of Climate AdaptationFadi MasoudLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 21-32; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.21Fadi MasoudFadi Masoud is an associate professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Toronto and the director of the Centre for Landscape Research. His research and teaching focus on the relationships between environmental systems and multi‐scalar urban design. Masoud has received several awards, including the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Research and Innovation Award and the Council of Landscape Architects Teaching Excellence Award. Masoud currently sits on Waterfront Toronto’s Design Review Panel and is a member of Toronto’s Urban Flooding Working Group, where he helped launch the city’s first Resilience Strategy.
- You have accessRestricted accessStudents’ Perceptions of Campus Green Open Space Patronage in a Nigerian UniversityOlawale Oreoluwa Olusoga and Ayomide Ruth SanusiLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 33-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.33Olawale Oreoluwa OlusogaDr. Olawale Oreoluwa Olusoga is a registered architect and currently a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Akure. He obtained his PhD in Architecture from the Federal University of Technology, Akure. His current research projects include analyzing green infrastructure availability at the site scale, assessing green space usage, studying the well‐being benefits of green infrastructure, conducting Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) assessments, and exploring vertical greening systems in housing.Ayomide Ruth SanusiAyomide Ruth Sanusi is a postgraduate student of Architecture at the Federal University of Technology, Akure.
- You have accessRestricted accessGestures in Stone: Pilgrims and the Vernacular Landscape of the Camino de Santiago de CompostelaKristen DahlmannLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 43-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.43Kristen DahlmannKristen Dahlmann’s practice and interest in architecture and landscape architecture drive her research and writing about both disciplines. A graduate of Smith College, she holds an MA in Preservation Studies from Boston University, with a focus on historic architecture and landscape. Her writings explore the role of architecture and landscape in cultural heritage, horticulture, intangible culture, and the spirit of place. Kristen’s expertise in historic preservation informs her practice and her influential roles on the Board of Directors for both the Friends of Fairsted at Olmsted National Historic Park and the Concord Historic Districts Commission.
- You have accessRestricted accessExperiments in the Desert: The Art and Science of Lightning Along U.S. Route 60David SalomonLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 59-73; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.59David SalomonDavid Salomon is an associate professor in the Art, Art History and Architecture Department at Ithaca College, where he is the coordinator of the Architectural Studies Program. He is a coeditor of Ambiguous Territory: Architecture, Landscape, and the Postnatural (Actar, 2022). His work focuses on the intersection of infrastructure, landscape, and architecture.
Exhibition Review
- You have accessRestricted accessTerrae Motus at the Reggia di Caserta, ItalyMark R. EischeidLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 75-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.75Mark R. EischeidMark R. Eischeid, PhD, PLA (CA), is an associate professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon and an external affiliate of the Department of Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona. He teaches classes on the history and design of landscape architecture, and his research focuses on 20th‐century landscape architecture. He is a licensed landscape architect (California), has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Japan, Denmark, and Greenland, and has work in private and public collections in the United States, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
Book Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessKey to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our WorldFrederick SteinerLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.81Frederick SteinerFrederick Steiner is dean and Paley Professor, as well as faculty co‐director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He has written, edited, or co‐edited 22 books, including Design with Nature Now and Megaregions and America’s Future (both from Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, distributed by Columbia University Press). He is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
- You have accessRestricted accessRethinking Urban Green SpacesRobert RyanLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 82-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.82Robert RyanRobert Ryan, FASLA, FCELA, is professor in 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 the co‐author of the award‐winning book With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature (Island Press, 1998), as well as Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, 2019) and over forty journal articles and book chapters.
- You have accessRestricted accessResearch Handbook on Urban DesignRichard C. SmardonLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 86-87; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.86Richard C. SmardonRichard C. Smardon is a SUNY distinguished service professor emeritus at SUNY‐College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessMultisensory Landscape Design: A Designer’s Guide for SeeingPatrick M. CondonLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 87-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.87Patrick M. CondonPatrick M. Condon has over 35 years of experience in sustainable urban design as both a professional city planner and a teacher and researcher. He started his academic career in 1985 at the University of Minnesota before moving to the University of British Columbia in 1992. After acting as the director of the Landscape Architecture program, he became the James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments. In that capacity, he has worked to advance sustainable urban design in scores of jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Condon has also led the Sustainability by Design project by the Design Centre for Sustainability. For over 20 years, the Design Centre and James Taylor Chair worked on a variety of projects and books to contribute to healthier and more sustainable urban landscapes.
- You have accessRestricted accessSeek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding CrisisRichard C. SmardonLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 89-90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.89Richard C. SmardonRichard C. Smardon is a SUNY distinguished service professor emeritus at SUNY‐College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessPostindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt IconsFrank SleegersLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 90-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.90Frank SleegersFrank Sleegers is a professor of Landscape Architecture at UMass in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. He teaches urban design studios and competition laboratories, and he is one of the creators and current directors of the UMass Amherst Design Center in Springfield. He holds degrees from Hannover, Germany, and UMass Amherst and practices as a registered Landscape Architect with an office in Hamburg, Germany.
- You have accessRestricted accessAn Art of Instrumentality: The Landscape Architecture of Richard WellerJulia CzerniakLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 94-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.94Julia CzerniakJulia Czerniak, dean and professor of the School of Architecture and Planning, is an internationally recognized design thinker. Educated as both an architect and landscape architect, she draws on the intersection of these disciplines in her research. Czerniak’s work focuses on the physical, cultural, and ecological potentials of urban landscapes, particularly in deindustrializing cities. Her recent design research advances landscape as a protagonist in envisioning and creating biodiverse, climate resilient cities.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Landscapes of Dieter KienastMohammad Reza KhalilnezhadLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 97-99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.97Mohammad Reza KhalilnezhadMohammad Reza Khalilnezhad holds a PhD degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has been a faculty member at the University of Birjand, in Iran, for over 10 years. Most of his research in the field of urban agriculture for Iran emphasizes the role of Persian gardens. Beyond his research projects, he is an enthusiastic reviewer of landscape books. He resides in Iran but is currently engaged in research collaborations with the scholars from United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and China. Protecting, introducing, expanding and promoting edible landscaping is the scientific mission that Dr. Khalilnezhad has defined for himself in the field of landscape architecture.
Conference Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessNew Trajectories in Computational Urban Landscapes & Ecology (DLA 2024)Ulrike Wissen Hayek and Pia FrickerLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 101-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.101Ulrike Wissen HayekUlrike Wissen Hayek (PhD) has been a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning (IRL), Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS), at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, since 2008. She has been the director of the Large‐scale Virtualization and Modeling Laboratory (LVML) at ETH Zurich since 2023. Her research focuses on developing GIS‐based audiovisual 3D landscape simulations for collaborative planning processes as well as for laboratory experiments, including psychophysiological studies. She utilizes, 3D virtual reality environments, for example, to investigate people’s perceptions of landscapes through physiological and cognitive responses. In her teaching activities, she transfers visualization principles and approaches derived from research into the training program.Pia FrickerPia Fricker is an associate professor and the vice head of the Department of Architecture at Aalto University, Finland, specializing in computational methodologies in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. Her research merges landscape and urban design with cutting‐edge computational methods, emphasizing critical AI‐driven methodologies and adaptive strategies for environmental challenges. Fricker’s current projects explore immersive, data‐driven design methods for dynamic landscapes, particularly in the Arctic, and the effects of deglaciation and rising sea levels. She holds a PhD from ETH Zurich and collaborates internationally on environmental resilience. Her work has been exhibited globally, and she is active on several editorial boards and scientific committees.
- You have accessRestricted accessExchanges in European Landscape Design, 1945–1975Alan TateLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 104-106; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.104Alan TateAlan Tate is a professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Manitoba.