| Seasonal Landscapes 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Palang, Hannes (Editor), Sooväli, Helen (Editor), Printsmann, Anu (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 140204982X ISBN-13: 9781402049828 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Seasonality is so obvious that we very often forget about it when doing landscape research. Seasonality is the interface where humans and nature really interact. Seasonality is expressed both in the natural rhythms of the landscape as well as in human lifestyles. Seasonality creates varying patterns of use and appears in spatial practices, paintings, human behaviour. Also, seasonality itself changes together with societal changes ? in agricultural societies, summer used to be the working season and winter the resting one; now we are more and more used to summer holidays? Landscapes are seasonal both in terms of time and space, the boundaries between seasons are celebrated ? do different seasonalities influence also our mindsets? In most cases we talk about (and paint and study) summer landscapes, but there are more than that. There are times with less light, less leaves on the trees to influence visibility, times when moist or snow make places inaccessible. Should seasonality be taken into account in planning, and if yes, then how? This book studies seasonal landscape in Scandinavia and Brazil, on the Aegean islands and in European mountains, in agriculture tourism, in cities and in the countryside. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 2007416668 |
| Series: Landscape Series (Springer (Firm)) |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.37" W x 9.3" (1.27 lbs) 257 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seasonality is so obvious that we very often forget about it when doing landscape research. Seasonality is the interface where humans and nature really interact. Seasonality is expressed both in the natural rhythms of the landscape as well as in human lifestyles. Seasonality creates varying patterns of use and appears in spatial practices, paintings, human behaviour. Also, seasonality itself changes together with societal changes - in agricultural societies, summer used to be the working season and winter the resting one; now we are more and more used to summer holidays... Landscapes are seasonal both in terms of time and space, the boundaries between seasons are celebrated - do different seasonalities influence also our mindsets? In most cases we talk about (and paint and study) summer landscapes, but there are more than that. There are times with less light, less leaves on the trees to influence visibility, times when moist or snow make places inaccessible. Should seasonality be taken into account in planning, and if yes, then how? This book studies seasonal landscape in Scandinavia and Brazil, on the Aegean islands and in European mountains, in agriculture tourism, in cities and in the countryside. |
