b'FIVE WAYS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ENHANCE COMMUNITIESFive WaysLandscape Architects Enhance Communities Across Canada BY JANE WELSH ANDROBERT NORMANJANE WELSH, PRESIDENT, ONTARIOS ometimes the most impactfuladdress climate change, seek ways to initiatives in our communitiesboost tourism revenues and maintain are ones that largely go unno- real estate values. ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ticed.That is often the case in the work done across the country byEffective open space design goes an ROBERT NORMAN IS A FORMER PRESIDENTlandscape architects. Their innovativeextra mile in ensuring that communities OF BOTH THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OFdesigns bring people together, connecthave functional and attractive urban LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND THE ONTARIOus to nature and literally cool our cities. spaces, parks, plazas, forests, accessi-ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ble public transit, community gardens, Every April, during World Landscapeas well as safer roadways and efficient Architecture month, we acknowledgewalking and cycling networks.the power of landscape architecture and the impact it has on our lives.Here are five ways landscapeLandscape architecture also has aarchitects are making a difference:large economic impact. For every dol- 1. Enhancing public street safety lar spent, it generates more than dou- Everyone should expect there to be ble in economic activity. Put anotherwell-designed public spaces in their way, every $1 million put into a projectlocal community. Strategies such as directly creates 13 jobs. Vision Zero, urban braille and Crime There has rarely been a better timePrevention Through Environmental for landscape architects and the workDesign (CPTED) are all examples being they are doing. Governments aroundused across the country that have the world are looking at ways tomade a difference.10 2019 PRODUCT DIRECTORY'