Environmental aesthetics : ideas, politics and planning / / J. Douglas Porteous

• Autore: Porteous J. Douglas (John Douglas), <1943->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 111/.85
• Soggetto topico: Environment (Aesthetics); Landscape architecture
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental aesthetics
• ISBN: 1-134-77500-8; 0-203-28469-0; 1-280-31956-9; 0-203-43732-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910222233203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II