American Society of Landscape Architects

Japanese: American Society of Landscape Architects(英語表記)AmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects
American Society of Landscape Architects

…However, today, both countries have adopted the term landscape architecture. There are various definitions of landscape gardening, but the American Society of Landscape Architects defines it as "the application of aesthetic and scientific principles to improve the physical environment for humans." In Japan, the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture (established in 1925) described landscape gardening in its future plans reported to the Science Council of Japan in 1964 as "the technology of creating, preserving, and cultivating a healthy, beautiful, and comfortable green environment on the earth's surface in order to seek a harmonious fusion between nature and human society in the physical order of the human living environment," which is probably about right. …

*Some of the glossaries that refer to the American Society of Landscape Architects are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかしながら現在では,両国ともlandscape architectureに統一されている。造園の定義には種々あるが,アメリカ造園家協会American Society of Landscape Architectsでは,造園を〈美的・科学的原理を応用して人間の物的環境を改善すること〉としている。日本では日本造園学会(1925発足)が,1964年に日本学術会議に報告した将来計画の中で,〈人間生活環境の物的な秩序構成において,自然と人間社会の調和融合を求めるため,健康にして美しく快適な緑の環境を地表に創造し保全育成する技術〉であるとの趣旨が記されているが,このへんがほぼ妥当なところであろう。…

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