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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796479403321

Autore

Tuan Yi-fu <1930-2022, >

Titolo

Topophilia : a study of environmental perception, attitudes, and values / / Yi-fu Tuan ; with a new preface by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 1990

©1976

ISBN

0-231-51328-3

Edizione

[Morningside edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human ecology - Public opinion

Geographical perception

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Preface to the Morningside Edition ; Chapter One ; Chapter Two ; Chapter Three; Chapter Four ; Chapter Five ; Chapter Six ; Chapter Seven ; Chapter Eight ; Chapter Nine ; Chapter Ten ; Chapter Eleven ; Chapter Twelve ; Chapter Thirteen ; Chapter Fourteen ; Chapter Fifteen ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual. Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environment and topophilia and environment as distinct in order to show how they mutually contribute to the formation of values. Topophilia examines the search for environment in the city, suburb, countryside, and wilderness from a dialectical perspective, distinguishes different types of environmental exper