About This Issue

This issue of Landscape Journal has five articles, eight book reviews, two conference reviews, and one exhibition review.

The first article, by Boyoung Park and Byoung‐Suk Kweon, is a systematic review of the literature on the economic effects of stormwater management best practices. Meta‐analyses and systematic reviews like this one are useful to students, researchers, designers, and policymakers, alike. Public policies often have lasting effects on the structure and function of the built environment. And in this issue, Fadi Masoud’s article examines potential future uses of zoning codes in adapting cities to climate change. Olawale Oreoluwa Olusoga and Ayomide Ruth Sanusi report from Nigeria on university students’ perceptions and patronage of campus outdoor open spaces. Kristen Dahlmann’s article explores vernacular landscapes and how they influence hikers’ experiences along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. In the final article, David Salomon investigates the intersection of science and art, lightning and landscape, in the high deserts of New Mexico.

Diverse forms of inquiry and scholarship are emblematic of our discipline and critically important to Landscape Journal as we strive to broaden its appeal and impact on a global scale. The exhibition review by Mark R. Eischeid examines earthquake‐inspired indoor and outdoor exhibits at the Royal Place of Caserta in Italy. The eight book reviews in this issue traverse a broad range of landscape scholarship. The book reviewers for this issue are Frederick Steiner, Robert Ryan, Richard Smardon, Patrick Condon, Frank Sleegers, Julia Czerniak, and Mohammed Reza Khalilnezhad. The reviewed books address contemporary landscape issues, including urban green spaces, adaptation to climate change, and urban brownfields in America’s industrial heartland. They also include reflections on the prolific careers of Richard Weller and Dieter Kienast.

Reviews of two recent international conferences also enrich this Spring 2025 issue. Ulrike Wissen Hayek and Pia Fricker review the Digital Landscape Architecture conference held in Vienna, Austria. Alan Tate reviews the conference on European Landscape Design, 1945–1975, held in Brussels, Belgium.

Call for Proposals: Landscape Journal welcomes inquiries from authors interested in writing reviews of future conferences or exhibitions with strong connections to designed landscapes. Please consult the journal’s Submission Guidelines.¹

Landscape Journal also welcomes proposals for special issues on scholarship germane to our aims and scope. Special issues can include framing and summative essays, systematic literature reviews, and rigorous empirical studies. We especially welcome designed experiments and longitudinal studies of built projects that evaluate and monitor their social, economic, and/or ecological performance over time. This important research has direct, practical implications for land planners, designers, and managers.