ZUBE Lecture – Robert Z. Melnick FASLA

‘Protecting Cultural Landscapes in the Era of Climate Change”
Melnick is Professor of Landscape of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon, and Senior Cultural Resource Specialist with MIG, Inc, in Berkeley and Portland. He is co-editor of Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America (2000) and has published widely on theoretical and practical issues relating to cultural and historic landscapes. His written works and professional projects have received numerous national awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Society of Architectural Historians, and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently working on thorny issues around climate change and how we understand and protect cultural landscapes.