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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809535803321

Autore

Kellert Stephen R

Titolo

Building for life : designing and understanding the human-nature connection / / Stephen R. Kellert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2005

ISBN

1-59726-591-8

1-4294-9515-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

155.9/1

Soggetti

Nature - Psychological aspects

Architecture - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Science and theory of connecting human and natural systems -- Nature and childhood development -- Harmonizing the natural and human built environments -- Biophilic design -- Ethics of sustainability -- Narrative epilogue -- Of forests and the sea, 1955 : middle childhood -- From apple orchards to shopping malls, 1972 : late adolescence -- Geographic sketches here and there, 1985 : early adulthood -- Seals in the neighborhood, 2004 : middle age -- Reminiscence of childhood and the city, later generations : 2030 and 2055.