Landscape Maintenance Techniques

Landscape Maintenance Techniques was written to serve as a reference for students, architects, engineers, and relevant technicians working in urban design, especially those employed by municipalities. Additionally, it functions as a reference book on topics such as pruning, planting, lawn care, fertilization, soil drainage, and maintenance for those interested in the field and tending to their own gardens. It also provides important information on how to create an urban plan that prevents severe rain from inundating cities, which is one of the most significant problems facing cities today.

Prof. Dr. Cemil Ata graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty of Forestry in 1969. He completed his doctorate in 1975 and became an associate professor at the same university in 1980. He worked for twenty years in the Departments of Forest Engineering and Landscape Architecture at Karadeniz Technical University's Faculty of Forestry. He became a professor in 1988. In 1992, he established the Departments of Forest Engineering and Landscape Architecture at Bartın Faculty of Forestry, where he served as dean. In 1997, he began working as a professor in the Landscape Architecture department at Yeditepe University's Faculty of Fine Arts and founded the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. He has held various administrative and academic positions at Yeditepe University for the past twenty-two years. Between 1976 and 2000, he participated in joint projects in various countries such as England, Germany, Norway, France, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Portugal, and worked abroad for a period. In 1987, he attended classes as a visiting professor at Oxford University. Prof. Dr. Ata has five published books and numerous articles, papers, and presentations. Currently, Prof. Dr. Ata teaches at Yeditepe University's Faculty of Architecture and has been leading the Yeditepe University Atatürk Arboretum project since 2003.