Staff Profile
Professor of Landscape Architecture
Simon Swaffield
MA (Camb), DipLD (Manc, DipTP (H-W), PhD (Lincoln), FNZILA
Contact Details
Faculty of Environment, Society and Design
| Location | Forbes 304 |
| Phone | 64 3 325 3838 |
| Extension | 8442 |
| Professor Simon R. Swaffield |
Currently Teaching
Simon is the examiner for:
- LASC 310 Design Theory
- LASC 318 and LASC 620 Landscape Assessment
- LASC 615 Advanced Landscape Planning and Policy
- LASC 698 Research Placement
As well as contributing into:
LASC 101 Cultural Landscape
LASC 214 Landscape Analysis and Design
He is also the supervisor of:
- Postgraduate students to masters and PhD level
- Study Abroad Students in Landscape Architecture
Academic and Professional Background
- Deputy Director of LEaP and Theme Leader for Changing Landscape
- Elected member of Academic Board, Lincoln University
- Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects
- Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Award for Outstanding Research and Communication 2007
- Founding Editor, Landscape Review
- Lincoln University Design Champion, Urban Design Protocol
- Deputy Director, Centre for Land Environment and People
Current Research and Publications
Globalisation and the sustainability of agricultural landscapes
A critical and comparative analysis of the way that the global open market and sustainability agendas shape local agricultural landscapes in advanced economies, and the public policy responses.
The project incorporates comparative case studies from associates in a range of OECD countries [Denmark, Estonia, Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, USA] presented at a Symposium: Globalisation and the sustainability of agricultural landscape, International Association for Landscape Ecology World Congress Wageningen July 2007
Keynote presentation: Sustaining the Country: ideals, opportunities and imperatives for future rural landscapes. Conflict in Paradise: The Transformation of Rural New Zealand. EDS conference Auckland 11-12 June 2008. www.eds.org.nz
Forthcoming Co edited text: Primdahl J Swaffield SR Globalisation and the Sustainability of Agricultural Landscapes CUP 2009
Landscape Architecture Theory and Research: Le Notre Mundus Thematic Network
An international network of Landscape Architecture programmes, based in Europe but with partner Universities worldwide, focused upon promoting cooperation in education and research into the planning and design of rapidly changing cities and cultural landscapes. www.le-notre.org
Landscape Architecture and Climate Change
Development of an educational and research agenda for landscape architecture in response to the imperatives of climate change. Literature review, key informant survey and forthcoming conference presentation European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools annual meeting SLU Alnarp Sweden Sept 12-14 2008
Management of Continuing Cultural Landscapes
Analysis of issues and options for the management of continuing cultural landscapes [as defined by the IUCN] that are faced with rapid change due to global dynamics.
Selected Recent Publications
Swaffield SR Bowring J (eds) 2007 A Profession in Transition. Landscape Review 12(1) 55pp
Swaffield SR (2007) Local landscape consequences of macro scale policy reform. In Bunce RGH,
Jongman RHG, Hojas L & Weel S “25 years of Landscape Ecology: Scientific Principles in Practice. Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress, Part 1 Wageningen The Netherlands”. IALE Publication Series 4: 44-45.
Swaffield SR, Deming E, 2007 Embodied Knowledge: Research Strategies in Landscape Architecture
In Negotiating Landscapes: Proceedings of the 2007 annual meeting of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, Penn State University, August 14-19 2007 pp223-224
Meurk CD, Swaffield SR (2007) Cities as complex landscapes: Biodiversity opportunities, landscape configurations and design directions. New Zealand Garden Journal Vol .10(1): 10-20
Swaffield SR 2007 Management of Urban Wetlands as Cultural Landscapes: A case study from Otautahi-Christchurch New Zealand. Proceedings of the International workshop on the conservation of continuing cultural landscapes in rural areas, 25-27 Oct 2007, Ohmi Hachiman City, Japan pp 60-69
Kerr GN, Swaffield SR (2007) Amenity Values of Spring Fed Streams and Rivers in Canterbury, NZ: A Methodological Exploration AERU Report
Swaffield SR 2007 Home and Away: Review of Chang S The Global Silicon Valley Home: Lives and Landscapes within Taiwanese-American Trans Pacific culture Landscape Review 12(1) 50-53
Swaffield, S.R. (2006) Theory and critique in landscape architecture: making connections: Journal of Landscape Architecture, Spring 2006, 22-29.
Swaffield, S.R.; Primdahl, J. (2006) Spatial concepts in landscape analysis and policy: some implications of globalisation: Landscape Ecology 21(3)315-331.
Swaffield, S.R.; Moore, K.; Fairweather, J.F. (2005) Making decisions an dshaping landscapes: a social constructionist perspective upon tourism decision making and landscape experience: Chapter 3 in Simmons, D.G.; Fairweather, J.F. (eds.) Understanding the Tourism-Guest Encounter in New Zealand: Foundations for Adaptive Planning and Management, CHCH EOS Ecology pp57-80.
Swaffield, S.R. (2005) Landscape as a way of knowing the world. Chapter 1 in Harvey, S.; Fieldhouse, K. (eds.) The Cultured Landscape: designing the environment in the 21st century. Abingdon, Oxon, U.K. Routledge, pp3-24.
Primdahl, J.; Swaffield, S.R. (2004) Segregation and multifunctionality in New Zealand landscapes. In: Floor Brouwer (ed.) Sustaining agriculture and the rural environment: governance, policy and multifunctionality. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K. pp266-285.
Swaffield, S.R. (2002) (ed.) Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (265pp).
Swaffield, S.R. (2002) Social Change and the Profession of Landscape Architecture in the 21st Century. Landscape Journal 21(1)183-189.
Swaffield, S.R.; Hughey, K.F.D. (2001) The South Island high country of New Zealand: landscape challenges and future management: Mountain Research and Development. 21(4).
Meurk, C.D.; Swaffield, S.R. (2000) A landscape ecological framework for indigenous landscape regeneration in rural New Zealand-Aotearoa. Landscape and Urban Planning. 50(103):129-144. Elsevier.
Supervision
Simon is currently supervising the following students:
- Hoversten, M. (PhD) Agency roles in Alternative Futures plans: an investigation of the interactions among agents in ecological planning. Comparative analysis of three projects in the Mountain West of the United States.
- Maliki, N.Z. (PhD) The meanings of kampong from rural-urban migrants perspectives.
- Zonneveld, R. (PhD) The role of transitional spaces in shaping the tourist experience of small New Zealand towns.
- Mustafa, M. (MApplSc) Concepts for improved tourism planning in Saudi Arabia: A critical review.
- Brown, C. (MLA) Consistency in District Plans regarding sustainable forestry.
- Rimmer, L. (MLA) Kete of continuance: managing landscape values on the East Coast pastoral landscapes between Tatapouri and Tokomaru Bays.
There is a complete list of Environment, Society and Design supervisions available. Read more
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