2 publications

• Published Subscription 2 Jan 2017

  Historic Gardens – Patterns of Nature and Culture

  By Minakshi Jain

  Abstract: Historically, the way Landscape and the gardens were treated, depended upon the attitude and view of the people towards nature. Landscape and gardens have been viewed and designed differently in the Eastern and Western cultures. Nature can be dominated and controlled and made to serve humans is the view generally attributed to the west. Harmony and co-existence with nature and the action taken not to radically change nature but to …

  Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 19–28 Read article →

• Published Subscription 26 May 2015

  Effective Site Planning For Sustainable Development

  By Minakshi Jain, I. P . Singh

  Abstract: Site Planning involves the organization of built mass with the outdoor spaces to meet human needs and desires while protecting, conserving or enhancing natural environment and processes. However, the creation of spaces that meet social, environmental, cultural, aesthetic and practical requirements of the people in the best possible way define the Effective Site Planning. The analysis of site helps in the assessment of potential and constraints of the site. Site …

  Published in International Journal of Landscape Planning and Architecture · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 1–8 Read article →