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GENERAL INFO
The practice of
landscape architecture incorporates knowledge and methods
from the arts and humanities, the environmental sciences and
the social sciences. The landscape architecture faculty at
UC Davis represents a range of interests and expertise,
appropriate to the broad scope of the profession. Faculty
research is linked by a shared focus on knowledge, issues
and technologies affecting the practice of landscape
architecture. Research in landscape architecture at UC Davis
falls into three main areas of investigation:
- history and theory of the built environment
- environmental restoration, planning, policy and management
- social and cultural issues in landscape design
In the current context of
rapid environmental change, research and teaching programs
are directed towards developing innovative solutions to
urgent, contemporary, environmental problems such as urban
sprawl, land-use conflicts, dwindling open space,
deteriorating neighborhoods and diminishing sense of
community.