<P>The <I>Routledge Research Companion to Landscape Architecture </I>considers landscape architecture¿s increasingly important cultural, aesthetic, and ecological role. The volume reflects topical concerns in theoretical, historical, philosophical, and practice-related research in landscape architecture ¿ research that reflects our relationship with what has traditionally been called ¿nature¿. It does so at a time when questions about the use of global resources and understanding the links between human and non-human worlds are more crucial than ever. </P><br/><br/><P>The twenty-five chapters of this edited collection bring together significant positions in current landscape architecture research under five broad themes ¿ History, Sites and Heritage, City and Nature, Ethics and Sustainability, Knowledge and Practice ¿ supplemented with a discussion of landscape architecture education. Prominent as well as up-and-coming contributors from landscape architecture and adjacent fields includ