Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values

Type

Book

Authors

Yi-Fu Tuan

ISBN 10

023107395X

ISBN 13

9780231073950

Tags

Economics, Ecology, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Urban, Environmental Studies, Geography, Sociology

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 experience, and describes their character. - from Amzon

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