Ecological Design and Planning

GEORGE F. THOMPSON is founder and president of the Center forAmerican Places, a nonprofit organization based in Harrisonburg,Virginia, and Mesilla, New Mexico, that is dedicated to enhancingthe public's understanding of geography and the values of place,especially through books. He has won an Honor Award and a MeritAward from the American Society of Landscape Architects for hiseditorial work and is the author or coauthor of three previousbooks and the creator of ten book series.

FREDERICK R. STEINER is professor and director of the School ofPlanning and Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University inTempe. He previously taught at the University of Colorado,Washington State University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Heis the author and editor of eight books and has received two HonorAwards from the American Society of Landscape Architects forCommunication and Research. His articles have appeared in numerousprofessional journals and magazines around the world.