Kellert, Stephen R.

Building for life designing and understanding the human-nature connection / [electronic resource] : Stephen R. Kellert. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2005. - x, 250 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
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Nature--Psychological aspects.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.


Electronic books.

BF353.5.N37 / K45 2005eb

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