Topophilia a study of environmental perception attitudes and values

by Yi-Fu Tuan

Paperback, 1974

Status

Available

Call number

304.2

Collection

Publication

Prentice Hall (1974), Unknown Binding

Description

What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual. Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environment and topophilia and environment as distinct in order to show how they mutually contribute to the formation of values. Topophilia examines the search for environment in the city, suburb, countryside, and wilderness from a dialectical perspective, distinguishes different types of environmental exper

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ISBN

0139252304 / 9780139252303
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