Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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 experience, and describes their character.
Table of Contents
ch. 1.Introduction --ch. 2.Common traits in perception : the senses --ch. 3.Common psychological structures and responses --ch. 4.Ethnocentrism, symmetry, and space --ch. 5.Personal worlds : individual differences and preferences --ch. 6.Culture, experience, and environmental attitudes --ch. 7.Environment, perception, and world views --ch. 8.Topophilia and environment --ch. 9.Environment and topophilia --ch. 10.From cosmos to landscape --ch. 11. Theideal city and symbols of transcendence --ch. 12.Physical setting and urban life styles --ch. 13.American cities : symbolism, imagery, perception --ch. 14.Suburbs and new towns : the search for environment.