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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793558903321

Autore

Cohen William J.

Titolo

Ecohumanism and the ecological culture : the educational legacy of Lewis Mumford and Ian McHarg / / William J. Cohen ; with a foreword by Frederick R. Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 2019

ISBN

1-4399-1829-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 pages)

Disciplina

973.9092

Soggetti

Human ecology - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Pathways to the ecological culture -- Emergence of a second enlightenment for the ecological culture -- Planning and design perspectives for the ecological culture -- The shaping of Lewis Mumford's ecohumanism -- Planning and design: the fusion of theory and practice -- Ian McHarg's theory and method of ecological planning and design -- Design with nature : planning theory and critiques -- Ecology and human ecology in planning and design education -- The academic environments at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania: 1936- 1968 -- The ecological planning curriculum: 1969-1973 -- The human ecological planning curriculum is established: 1973-1979 -- Increasing disarray and the loss in momentum: 1980-1985 -- Phasing down of the human ecological planning curriculum and new directions: 1986-2000 -- A retrospective analysis of the ecological planning curriculum -- A prescription for education in the ecological culture -- Ecological planning: Ian McHarg's legacy in practice and education -- Ecohumanism and the ecological culture : from technology to education.