Landscape: pattern, perception and process

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Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes - climatic, geological, ecological and cultural - over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience.

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Full title :Landscape : pattern, perception and process / Simon Bell.

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Publication Date:2012.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Abingdon, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (ix, 348 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415608367, 0415608368, 9780415608374, 0415608376, 9781283862240, 1283862247, 9781136318917, 1136318917, 9780203120088, 0203120086
DOI:10.4324/9780203120088
oclc:ocn820630589
LC Classification:SB472.45
Dewey Decimal:712/.2

The view from Scarth Nick -- The importance of patterns -- The relevance of pattern analysis -- 1. What are patterns? Patterns are all around us -- What are patterns? -- Towards an understanding of patterns in an uncertain world -- Geometric principles -- Review of pattern analysis methods -- Mosaic landscapes -- The patterns of chaos -- Patterns created by people -- 2. The perception of patterns. The senses and their use in perception -- Light as the medium of visual perception -- The physiology of visual perception -- The psychology of visual perception -- Processes of pattern recognition -- 3. The aesthetics of the landscape. The nature of aesthetics -- Environment and landscape -- What is an aesthetic experience? -- Pleasure as a part of the aesthetic experience -- Beauty and the sublime -- The Aesthetic theory of Alfred North Whitehead -- Ecology and aesthetics -- Environmentalism and aesthetics -- The individual versus universal appreciation -- Aesthetics: integration of perception and knowledge -- Characteristics and qualities in the landscape -- The aesthetics of engagement -- The rediscovered sublime -- 4. Design with landscapes. The place of landscape design and designer…

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Aménagement du territoire -- Aspect de … Aménagement paysager écologique Ecological landscape design Landscape assessment Paysages -- Évaluation Regional planning -- Environmental aspe…