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" Environmental aesthetics : "
J. Douglas Porteous.
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BL
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965014
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b719384
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| Main Entry
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Porteous, J. Douglas, (John Douglas),1943-
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Environmental aesthetics : : ideas, politics and planning /\ J. Douglas Porteous.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1996.
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xviii, 290 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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0415137691
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: 0415137705
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: 9780415137690
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: 9780415137706
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-283) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introduction -- 1.1. Environmental aesthetics -- 1.2. A short history of aesthetics -- 1.3. The origins of the aesthetic impulse -- 1.4. The senses -- -- 2. Humanists -- 2.1. The humanist approach -- 2.2. A history of landscape taste -- 2.3. Landscapes -- 2.4. Some national contrasts -- -- 3. Experimentalists -- 3.1. The experimentalist approach -- 3.2. Properties of environments and persons -- 3.3. Scenery is good for you -- 3.4. Methodological problems -- -- 4. Activists -- 4.1. Literary and design activism -- 4.2. Citizen action -- 4.3. Legal issues -- 4.4. Public policy -- -- 5. Planners -- 5.1. Aesthetic landscape planning -- 5.2. Urban aesthetic planning -- 5.3. Environmental education -- 5.4. Aesthetic critique -- -- Afterword : beyond aesthetics.
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This is the first comprehensive, integrated study of the emerging interdisciplinary field of environmental aesthetics. The author takes the reader through a brief history of both aesthetics and taste, then discusses the psychology of human-environment relations, the influences of literary, artistic and legal activism on city, countryside and wilderness, and concludes with an analysis of the roles of public policy and of planning. Clearly written and lavishly illustrated, the book brings together the ideas, methods and practice of a wide range of academic and professional disciplines. The book will prove an invaluable introduction to all interested in how the experience of both city and country life can and should be improved.
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Environment (Aesthetics)
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Landscape architecture.
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Landscape architecture.
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Architecture du paysage.
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Ästhetik
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Environment (Aesthetics)
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Environment (Aesthetics)
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Environnement (esthétique)
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Landscape architecture.
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Landscape architecture.
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Landschaftsbild
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Landschapsarchitectuur.
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Milieuethiek.
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Umwelt
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| Dewey Classification
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111/.85
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| LC Classification
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BH301.E56P67 1996
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43.02bcl
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5,1ssgn
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CC 6900rvk
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MS 1700rvk
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