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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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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-77500-8 |
0-203-28469-0 |
1-280-31956-9 |
0-203-43732-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environment (Aesthetics) |
Landscape architecture |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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