Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Toward landscape realism / Bart R. Johnson and Kristina Hill -- The authority of nature : conflict, confusion, and renewal in design, planning, and ecology / Anne Whiston Spirn -- Ecology's new paradigm : what does it offer designers and planners? / H. Ronald Pulliam and Bart R. Johnson -- The missing catalyst : design and planning with ecology roots / Richard T.T. Forman -- Lead or fade into obscurity : can landscape educators ask and answer useful questions about ecology? / Carolyn A. Adams -- What from ecology is relevant to design and planning? / James R. Karr -- Toward an inclusive concept of infrastructure / William E. Wenk -- Human health and design : an essay in two parts. 1. Exquisite communion : the body, landscape, and toxic exposures / Sandra Steingraber ; 2. Design and planning as healing arts : the broader context of health and environment / Kristina Hill -- Ecological science and landscape design : a necessary relationship in changing landscapes / Joan Iverson Nassauer -- On teaching ecological principles to designers / Carl Steinitz -- Looking beneath the surface : teaching a landscape ethic / Michael Hough -- In expectation of relationships : centering theories around ecological understanding / Kristina Hill [and others] -- The nature of dialogue and the dialogue of nature : designers and ecologists in collaboration / Bart R. Johnson [and others] -- Interweaving ecology in design and planning curricula / Ken Tamminga [and others] -- Integrating ecology "across" the curriculum of landscape architecture / Jack Ahern [and others] -- Building ecological understandings in design studio : a repertoire for a well-crafted learning experience / Kathy Poole [and others] -- From theory to practice : educational outcomes in the world of professional practice / Renâe Senos [and others] -- Conclusions : Frameworks for learning / Kristina Hill and Bart R. Johnson.