A transcultural view of sustainable development. The landscape of design

• Published in: Landscape and Urban Planning [LANDSCAPE URBAN PLANN.]. Vol. 13, no. 5-6. 1986 Vol. 13; no. 5-6; pp. 401 - 410
• Main Authors: Khosla, Ashok, Prakash, Sanjay, Revi, Aromar
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 1986
• ISSN: 0169-2046; 1872-6062
• DOI: 10.1016/0169-2046(86)90057-5

Landscape planning is one of many design activities amenable to a common set of tools and methods, which also apply to the design of objects, buildings, settlements, spaces, industrial plants, social institutions and many other human concerns. Progress in the systematic theory of design over the past two decades has led to new multidisciplinary applications of great academic interest and practical value. They have, however, been based primarily on economic and aesthetic criteria. To meet the emerging concerns of human well-being, the practice of design must now also have the goal of incorporating a broader set ot societal objectives, including sustainability and the other criteria it implies, such as equity, ecological resilience and development. Because of the particularities of the social, cultural and resource environments in the Third World, the discussion largely focuses on the practice of design as it applies to landscape planning in a specific developing country; India. The character of Indian design education is analysed and some of the new directions needed for it are identified.