Much has already been written on the Natural Landscape of South and Southern Africa, if not all of Africa. This is the domain of the geographies, life sciences and tourism. How to pull together these diverse sources into a comprehensive natural landscape study in the context of Landscape will be the challenge.
This field is probably less comprehensively studied than the Natural Landscape and it is harder to define as well. The Cultural Landscape is subject to constant growth and change, historical and political period, language developments and human migration. Seen from a Landscape perspective, how this will be achieved is no small or simple task.
The Designed Landscape or the Desirable Landscape as we have dubbed it, is the world of desire and design, the world the way we wish and want it to be, without necessarily achieving it. This is the Landscape of the Landscape Architect, the Landscape Designer, the Garden Designer, the home owner, the developer, the engineer, the architect, the municipality, the province and the state. Traditional landscape design has been performed by all and sundry, amateur and enthusiast, horticulturist and botanist, and lately Landscape Architects. Recording this work will be an ongoing task and a historical journey.