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BL
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980863
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b735233
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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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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1996.
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1 online resource (310 pages)
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0203284690
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: 0203437322
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: 1280319569
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: 9780203284698
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: 9780203437322
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: 9781280319563
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS: ideas, politics and planning; Copyright; CONTENTS; PLATES, FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; 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
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4.2 CITIZEN ACTION4.3 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; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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| Abstract
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Environmental Aesthetics is a comprehensive introduction. It includes a history of aesthetics, discussing the psychology of human-environment relations, and artistic influences on the city and analysing the roles of policy and planning.
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Environment (Aesthetics)
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Landscape architecture.
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Environment (Aesthetics)
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Landscape architecture.
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| Dewey Classification
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111.85111/.85333.7
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BH301.E56P67 1996
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