This anthology approaches water not as a resource to be managed but as a vital condition shaping territories and cultures. Emerging from the paradox of water s disappearance from everyday awareness even as floods and droughts intensify, the book repositions water as a spatial agent.
Rather than advancing technical fixes, it asks a fundamental question: What does it mean for designers to become Guardians of Water ? Landscape architecture is reframed as an ethical and political practice grounded in reciprocity and long-term stewardship.
Structured in three chapters, Fluid Soils , Cloud Forests , and Rituals of Care , the book presents landscapes as active hydrological and social systems. It challenges extractive logics and technocratic paradigms, demonstrating how landscape architecture can foster regeneration and collective engagement.
- Forewords by Tim Waterman (Bartlett, UCL) and DevayaniDeshmukh Upasani (Indian Society of Landscape Architects)
- A decolonial approach to landscape design, addressing fragile landscapes
- 26 tales ranging across Europe, Africa and Asia
