42nd. IFLA World Congress 2005 Edinburgh, Scotland 26-29 June The opening sentence of Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe's book 'The Landscape of Man ',published in 1975, reads: "The world is moving into a phase when landscape design may well be recognised as the most comprehensive of the arts." The 42nd IFLA World Congress will explore past examples and future forecasts of how this may come to pass worldwide. Papers should address ideas and examples in which landscape leads the way towards solutions or provide a holistic context for developments of any sort.In all the themes there are educational implications and papers discussing this will be welcome. Positive examples, particularly identifying the way ahead rather than the past, will be particularly well received. Theme 1: URBAN GROWTH AND DECLINE Theme 2: SAFER CITIES AND TOWNS Theme 3: RURAL GROWTH AND DECLINE Theme 4: QUALITY,AESTHETICS AND ECONOMICS Alternative Theme:THE EDINBURGH FRINGE Please click here to for more information about the conference or to register: http://www.l-i.org.uk/ifla/info/index.php IFLA-UNESCO Student Design Competition - Safer Cities and Towns This competition is sponsored by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and is directed by the United Kingdom’s Landscape Institute. The objective of the competition is to recognize superior environmental design achievements made by students in Landscape Architecture programs. The topic that the competition entries must respond to is "Safer Cities and Towns". In our vision of a Safer City, public space is accessible, lively and safe; residents and visitors feel encouraged to deploy activities and different types of user find it possible to have access and make use of public space without undue restrictions and barriers. In a Safer City, conflicting uses and cultural or behavioural patterns are managed and integrated by careful design and planning, and by meticulous management and maintenance mechanisms. Students are asked to submit projects which interpret the meaning of “Safer Cities and Towns” from any angle which stimulates their imagination. (For additional information and resources on the concept of ‘Safer Cities’ please refer to http://www.unhabitat.org/safercities/) For more information about the student competion (Awards, Eligibility, Judges,Submission Requirements and Competition Rules ) please visit: http://www.l-i.org.uk/ifla/competition/ Competition details and declaration form. Student Charette A Charette is proposed for students, led by Neil Challenger of New Zealand and Landscape architecture programme lead in Singapore, and Professor Cahtarine Ward-Thompson, director of research, environmental studies, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh. The Charette will be a rapid on the spot project for students from all over the world to work together to a defined brief for a real site, on the subject 'Safer Cities and Towns'. Suggested dates are June 24-26th; attend Congress lectures June 27-28th at the special student rate; field trip on June 29th consisting of a picnic in the hills followed by an afternoon visit to Ian Hamilton Finlay's garden at Little Sparta.