How do our Landscapes function?

Landscapes are the interaction of natural features and processes with human activities.

Landscapes provide us with fields to grow food, woods for fuel and construction material, and the underground aquifers and streams provide us with water.

The elevation and exposure to wind, rain, and sun influence how well crops and woodlands can grow, and planting shelter belts can modify those effects.

The inherent structure and form of the landscapes impart aesthetic character, however human cultivation and planting modify those scenes, and in the grand parks and gardens the designs have focussed primarily on the aesthetics.