Editing Landscape architecture (section)

{{Short description|Design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures}}
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[[File:Stourhead Pantheon.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Stourhead]] in [[Wiltshire]], England, designed by [[Henry Hoare]] (1705–1785), "the first landscape gardener, who showed in a single work, genius of the highest order"<ref name=Hyams>{{cite book|last=Hyams|first=Edward|title=A History of Gardens and Gardening|date=1971|publisher=Praeger Publishers|location=New York, Washington|pages=239}}</ref>]]

'''Landscape architecture''' is the design of outdoor areas, [[landmarks]], and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes.<ref>Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Susan Jellicoe, The Landscape of Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day {{ISBN|9780500274316}}</ref> It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for construction and human use, investigation of existing social, ecological, and soil conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of other interventions that will produce desired outcomes.

The scope of the profession is broad and can be subdivided into several sub-categories including professional or licensed landscape architects who are regulated by governmental agencies and possess the expertise to design a wide range of structures and landforms for human use; [[landscape design]] which is not a licensed profession; [[site planning]]; [[stormwater management]]; [[erosion control]]; [[environmental restoration]]; public realm, parks, recreation and [[urban planning]]; visual resource management; green infrastructure planning and provision; and private estate and residence landscape master planning and design; all at varying scales of design, planning and management. A practitioner in the profession of landscape architecture may be called a [[landscape architect]]; however, in jurisdictions where professional licenses are required it is often only those who possess a landscape architect license who can be called a landscape architect.