Chapter I Introduction
1��1 Background
1��2 Problem Statement
1��4 Study Significance
1��5 Study Organization

Chapter II Literature Review
2��1 The Concerns of Landscape Architecture Practice
2��1��1 Professionalization and Knowledge in Modern Professions
2��1��2 Professionalization of Landscape Architecture and Its Knowledge
2��1��3 The Existing Scope of Knowledge in Landscape Architecture
2��1��4 Summary of the Section
2��2 The Significance of Research in Landscape Architecture Practice
2��2��1 Definition of Research
2��2��2 Attitude toward Research
2��2��3 Use of Research in Landscape Architecture Practice
2��2��4 Summary of the Section
2��3 The Need of Research in Landscape Architecture Practice
2��3��1 Advancing Knowledge in Design Professions
2��3��2 The Significance of Research
2��3��3 Summary of the Section
2��4 The Dissemination of Research Findings by Landscape Architecture Educators
2��4��1 Research Conducted by Educators in Landscape Architecture
2��4��2 Research Disseminated by Landscape Architecture Educators
2��4��3 Summary of the Section
2��5 Summary of the Chapter

Chapter III Methodology
3��1 Survey Method
3��1��1 The Rationale for Selecting the Population and Using an Internet-based Survey Method
3��1��2 Research Questions and Questionnaire Design
3��1��3 Sampling Method and Questionnaire Distribution
3��1��4 Description of Respondents
3��2 Analysis Method
3��2��1 Descriptive Statistics
3��2��2 Comparative Analysis
3��2��3 Dimension Analysis
3��3 Summary

Chapter IV Results and Discussion
4��1 The Concerns of Landscape Architecture Practice
4��1��1 A Changing Profession
4��1��2 The Perceived Knowledge-Bases of the Current Practice
4��1��3 The Changing Perception of Knowledge-Bases
4��1��4 Knowledge Areas and Domains
4��1��5 Summary of the Section
4��2 The Significance of Research in Landscape Architecture Practice
4��2��1 Definitions of Research
4��2��2 Attitude toward Research
4��2��3 Types of Thinking and Sources of Knowledge that Support Decision-Making
4��2��4 The Purposes of Using Research
4��2��5 Summary of the Section
4��3 The Need for Research in Landscape Architecture Practice
4��3��1 The Importance of Research in Different Design Stages
4��3��2 Research in Post-Occupancy Evaluation
4��3��3 Additional Need by Knowledge Areas
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Chapter V Conclusion and Implications
Bibliography
Appendix A Questionnaire Design
Appendix B Contacting Letters
Appendix C IRB Approval
Appendix D Survey Results-General Descriptive Statistics
Appendix E Survey Results-Histogram
List of Tables
List of Figures