Narrative offers fascinating ways of knowing and shaping landscapes not typically acknowledged in conventional documentation, mapping, surveys, or even in the formal concerns of design. This book establishes a comprehensive framework for understanding the elements, processes, and forms of landscape narratives. Illustrating specific narrative practices that can be applied across a range of design projects, it bridges the gap between theory and practice by tracing the narratives of specific projects and places.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-331) and index.

PART ONE THEORY : 1. Beginning -- 2. The Nature of Landscape Narrative -- PART TWO PRACTICES: 3. Naming -- 4. Sequencing -- 5. Revealing & Concealing -- 6. Gathering -- 7. Opening -- PART THREE STORIES : 8. The Wasteland & Restorative Narrative -- 9. Writing Home -- 10. Road Stories.