This book presents a landscape pattern language framework for describing landscape spaces and offers a new approach to landscape expression and spatial reasoning. In addition to describing a conceptual model of landscape pattern language and its inner logical connections, the book discusses the functionality of landscape pattern language from both local and universal perspectives-effectively demonstrating that it can be used to highlight the individuality and characteristics of landscape space shaping. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for all graduate students, lecturers, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of landscape architecture, landscape planning, and regional planning, especially ecological planning and design.

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Yuncai Wang is a professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. His main research interests are in landscape architecture, especially in ecological planning, eco-design, and pattern language for landscape expression and spatial reasoning. He is a council member at the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA); a member/expert member of the Eco-city Research Committee (ECRC), Chinese Society for Urban Studies (CSUS), and the Environment Evaluation Center, China Ministry of Environment Protection; and a council member at the Chinese Society of Rural Development (GSC). Associate chief-editor of the Journal of Landscape Gardening, editoral board member of Chinese Landscape Architecture and international journal of Socio-Ecological Practice Research(SEPR). Professor Wang has published more than 100 papers and five books, and implemented more than 100 projects for planning and design.