Development of the regulatory framework for landscape architecture

Good regulation is anchored on sound professional basis, guarantees quality and protects heritage, while leaving room for design creativity and public interest. This review of the regulatory system for landscape architecture over the last 40 years aims to show how far these guarantees have been achieved. Landscape architecture as a technical and scientific discipline is subject to engineering regulations and legislation related to several areas of heritage protection. The legal instruments for the scope of tasks of the profession, which is diverse and multiscale, are presented in terms of the strategic framework, the spatial, local and architectural-technical planning, the protection of natural and cultural heritage as well as the regulatory system for the professional license.