| With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature Contributor(s): Kaplan, Rachel (Author), Kaplan, Stephen (Author), Ryan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559635940 ISBN-13: 9781559635943 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: "With People in Mind" explores how to design and manage areas of "everyday nature"--parks and open spaces, corporate grounds, vacant lots and backyard gardens, fields and forests--in ways that are beneficial to and appreciated by humans. The authors provide a conceptual framework for considering the human dimensions of natural areas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Architecture | Landscape - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.782 |
| LCCN: 97049586 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 7.07" W x 9.99" (0.93 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning with techniques for consulting the public, the authors describe and examine the natural areas, like parks and nature reserves, that so often vary in quality and show how to improve them in ways that are compatible with the environment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ryan, Robert: - Robert L. Ryan is an award-winning landscape architect who recently completed his doctoral dissertation on people's attachment to natural areas. Kaplan, Rachel: - Rachel Kaplan is professor of environmental psychology in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and professor of psychology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She has for more than a quarter of a century played a key role in the field of environmental psychology, and has co-authored three books, including The Experience of Nature (Cambridge, 1989). Kaplan, Stephen: -Stephen Kaplan is professor of psychology and professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He has for more than a quarter of a century played a key role in the field of environmental psychology, and has co-authored three books, including The Experience of Nature (Cambridge, 1989). |