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Building for life [electronic resource] : designing and understanding the human-nature connection / Stephen R. Kellert.

By: Kellert, Stephen R.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005Description: x, 250 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Nature -- Psychological aspects | Architecture -- Environmental aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 155.9/1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction -- Science and theory of connecting human and natural systems -- Nature and childhood development -- Harmonizing the natural and human built environments -- Biophilic design -- Ethics of sustainability -- Narrative epilogue -- Of forests and the sea, 1955 : middle childhood -- From apple orchards to shopping malls, 1972 : late adolescence -- Geographic sketches here and there, 1985 : early adulthood -- Seals in the neighborhood, 2004 : middle age -- Reminiscence of childhood and the city, later generations : 2030 and 2055.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index.

Introduction -- Science and theory of connecting human and natural systems -- Nature and childhood development -- Harmonizing the natural and human built environments -- Biophilic design -- Ethics of sustainability -- Narrative epilogue -- Of forests and the sea, 1955 : middle childhood -- From apple orchards to shopping malls, 1972 : late adolescence -- Geographic sketches here and there, 1985 : early adulthood -- Seals in the neighborhood, 2004 : middle age -- Reminiscence of childhood and the city, later generations : 2030 and 2055.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.