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Editorial statement—Landscape and urban planning
Landscape and Urban Planning, 20 ( 1991 ) ix
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Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam
Editorial Statement
Landscapeand Urban Planning
Since June 1974 when the first issue of Planning appeared, Professor Arnold Weddle has served this Journal with great devotion and enthusiasm. The articles published during that 16 year period encompassed many of the major land planning and development issues of the day. They spread a message across the world community of an international journal committed, through its dedicated editor, to solving complex environmental problems. Over those years he chartered a course that included the amalgamation with other journals, changes in the journal title and an increase in breadth of coverage. As new editors it is difficult for us to imagine Landscape and Urban Planning without Professor Weddle's leadership and aspirations for the Journal. He has graciously offered his continued assistance and we intend to use his counsel. We owe an enormous debt to his significant vision as the foundation Editor-in-Chief. We also know that the future holds promise for positive change. It is conceivable that telecommunications and computing could rapidly improve our ability to cope with the ever-increasing volume of scholarly work. We would like to participate in these developments as they become practical, and have discussed with the management at Elsevier our ideas for incorporating new technologies into the Journal. Interactive communications, data manipulation, computer visualization and networking with related disciplines are becoming increas-
Landscape
ingly significant to the planning and design industries. It is logical that these technologies be integrated into compatible formats within the Journal. We also intend to follow Professor Weddle's lead of having the Journal publish special issues in addition to regular manuscript publications. These special issues will serve to: ( 1 ) feature information generated by special conferences, seminars and professional meetings; (2) consolidate national and international efforts made in landscape and urban planning; (3) encourage interaction between related disciplines; (4) expand the field of knowledge. The Journal's continued success requires that we recognize the achievements already made while pursuing new areas of scholarly and scientific exploration. The basic purpose of promoting scientific and creative design approaches for the use and development of land will remain. By emphasizing ecological understanding and techniques of analysis and planning we hope ultimately to contribute to human well-being. Through empirically based and applied research, case studies, and original scholarship, we hope to focus the Journal on advancing our understanding of how human and environmental well-being can be enhanced by the design, planning and construction professions. MICHAEL MARTIN M c C A R T H Y
JON E. R O D I E K
Co-Editors
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Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam
Editorial Statement
Landscapeand Urban Planning
Since June 1974 when the first issue of Planning appeared, Professor Arnold Weddle has served this Journal with great devotion and enthusiasm. The articles published during that 16 year period encompassed many of the major land planning and development issues of the day. They spread a message across the world community of an international journal committed, through its dedicated editor, to solving complex environmental problems. Over those years he chartered a course that included the amalgamation with other journals, changes in the journal title and an increase in breadth of coverage. As new editors it is difficult for us to imagine Landscape and Urban Planning without Professor Weddle's leadership and aspirations for the Journal. He has graciously offered his continued assistance and we intend to use his counsel. We owe an enormous debt to his significant vision as the foundation Editor-in-Chief. We also know that the future holds promise for positive change. It is conceivable that telecommunications and computing could rapidly improve our ability to cope with the ever-increasing volume of scholarly work. We would like to participate in these developments as they become practical, and have discussed with the management at Elsevier our ideas for incorporating new technologies into the Journal. Interactive communications, data manipulation, computer visualization and networking with related disciplines are becoming increas-
Landscape
ingly significant to the planning and design industries. It is logical that these technologies be integrated into compatible formats within the Journal. We also intend to follow Professor Weddle's lead of having the Journal publish special issues in addition to regular manuscript publications. These special issues will serve to: ( 1 ) feature information generated by special conferences, seminars and professional meetings; (2) consolidate national and international efforts made in landscape and urban planning; (3) encourage interaction between related disciplines; (4) expand the field of knowledge. The Journal's continued success requires that we recognize the achievements already made while pursuing new areas of scholarly and scientific exploration. The basic purpose of promoting scientific and creative design approaches for the use and development of land will remain. By emphasizing ecological understanding and techniques of analysis and planning we hope ultimately to contribute to human well-being. Through empirically based and applied research, case studies, and original scholarship, we hope to focus the Journal on advancing our understanding of how human and environmental well-being can be enhanced by the design, planning and construction professions. MICHAEL MARTIN M c C A R T H Y
JON E. R O D I E K
Co-Editors