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Author: J. Douglas Porteous Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134775008 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
Author: J. Douglas Porteous Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134775008 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
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.
Author: Jack L. Nasar Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521429160 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 564
Book Description
How do people react to the visual character of their surroundings? What can planners do to improve the aesthetic quality of these surroundings? Too often in environmental design, visual quality--aesthetics--is misunderstood as only a minor concern, dependent on volatile taste and thus undefinable. Yet a substantial body of research indicates the importance of visual quality in the environment to the public and has uncovered systematic patterns of human response to visual attributes of the built environment. Efforts to understand environmental aesthetics have been undertaken by investigators from such diverse fields as landscape architecture, environmental psychology, geography, philosophy, architecture, and city planning. As a result the relevant information is scattered and not readily available to professionals and policy makers. The book brings together classic and new contributions by distinguished workers in different disciplines. It explores theory and data on preferences in the visual environment, and also addresses the practical application of aesthetic criteria in design, planning and public policy. Promising directions for future research are identified.
Author: Allen Carlson Publisher: Broadview Press ISBN: 9781551114705 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
The Aesthetics of Natural Environments is a collection of essays investigating philosophical and aesthetics issues that arise in our appreciation of natural environments. The introduction gives an historical and conceptual overview of the rapidly developing field of study known as environmental aesthetics. The essays consist of classic pieces as well as new contributions by some of the most prominent individuals now working in the field and range from theoretical to applied approaches. The topics covered include the nature and value of natural beauty, the relationship between art appreciation and nature appreciation, the role of knowledge in the aesthetic appreciation of nature, the importance of environmental participation to the appreciation of environments, and the connections between the aesthetic appreciation of nature and our ethical obligations concerning its maintenance and preservation. This volume is for scholars and students focussed on nature, landscapes, and environments, individuals in areas such as aesthetics, environmental ethics, geography, environmental studies, landscape architecture, landscape ecology, and the planning and design disciplines. It is also for any reader interested in and concerned about the aesthetic quality of the world in which we live.
Author: Emily Brady Publisher: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 1474465382 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
Aesthetic experience is one of the fundamental ways that we develop a relationship to our natural surroundings. Emily Brady provides a comprehensive study of this type of experience and the central philosophical issues related to it, developing her own original theory of aesthetic appreciation of nature. She provides useful background to the current debate and an up-to-date critical appraisal of contemporary theories.
Author: J. Douglas Porteous
Author: J. Douglas Porteous
Author: Marilyn D. Bagley
Author: Jack L. Nasar
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Author: David Berry
Author: Marilyn D. Bagley
Author: Allen Carlson
Author: Emily Brady
Author: Marilyn D. Bagley
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency