Editing Landscape architecture (section)

==Fields of activity==
[[File:Kew Gardens Palm House, London - July 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]], London, established 1759<br>The [[Palm House, Kew]], built 1844–1848 by [[Richard Turner (iron-founder)|Richard Turner]] to [[Decimus Burton]]'s designs]]
[[File:Water feature Silence, Mayfair, London.JPG|thumb|Urban design in city squares. Water feature in London, by [[Tadao Ando]] who also works with landscapes and gardens ]]

The variety of the professional tasks that landscape architects collaborate on is very broad, but some examples of project types include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asla.org/design |title=Landscape Architecture - Your Environment. Designed |publisher=Asla.org |access-date=2013-04-06}}</ref>
* Parks of general design and [[public infrastructure]]
* [[Sustainable development]]
* [[Stormwater#Stormwater management|Stormwater management]] including [[rain gardens]], [[green roofs]], [[groundwater recharge]], [[green infrastructure]], and [[constructed wetlands]].
* Landscape design for educational function and site design for public institutions and government facilities
* [[Park]]s, [[botanical garden]]s, [[arboretum]]s, greenways, and [[Nature reserve|nature preserves]]
* Recreation facilities, such as playgrounds, [[Golf course|golf courses]], [[Amusement park|theme parks]] and sports facilities
* Housing areas, industrial parks and commercial developments
* [[estate (land)|Estate]] and [[house|residence]] [[landscape planning]] and design
* Landscaping and accents on [[highway]]s, transportation structures, [[bridge]]s, and [[Transport corridor|transit corridors]]
* Contributions to [[urban design]], town and city squares, waterfronts, pedestrian schemes
* Natural park, tourist destination, and recreating historical landscapes, and [[historic garden]] appraisal and conservation studies
* [[reservoir (water)|Reservoirs]], [[dam]]s, [[power station]]s, reclamation of [[extractivism|extractive industry]] applications or major industrial projects and [[Environmental mitigation|mitigation]]
* [[Environmental assessment]] and [[landscape assessment]], planning advice and land management proposals.
* Coastal and offshore developments and [[environmental mitigation|mitigation]]
* [[Ecological design]] (any aspect of design that minimizes environmentally destructive impacts by integrating itself with natural processes and [[sustainability]])

[[Landscape manager]]s use their knowledge of landscape processes to advise on the long-term care and development of the landscape. They often work in [[forestry]], nature [[conservation ethic|conservation]] and [[agriculture]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Landscape scientists have specialist skills such as [[soil science]], [[hydrology]], [[geomorphology]] or [[botany]] that they relate to the practical problems of landscape work. Their projects can range from site surveys to the ecological assessment of broad areas for planning or management purposes. They may also report on the impact of development or the importance of particular [[species]] in a given area.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Landscape planners are concerned with [[landscape planning]] for the location, scenic, [[ecological]] and recreational aspects of urban, rural, and coastal land use. Their work is embodied in written statements of policy and strategy, and their remit includes [[master planning]] for new developments, landscape evaluations and assessments, and preparing countryside management or policy plans. Some may also apply an additional specialism such as [[landscape archaeology]] or law to the process of landscape planning.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

[[Green roof]] (or more specifically, vegetative roof) designers design extensive and intensive [[roof garden]]s for [[stormwater]] management, evapo-transpirative cooling, [[sustainable architecture]], aesthetics, and habitat creation.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Extensive Vegetative Roofs {{!}} Whole Building Design Guide|url = https://www.wbdg.org/resources/greenroofs.php|website = www.wbdg.org|access-date = 2015-12-28}}</ref>