With People in Mind
Design And Management Of Everyday Nature
$73.24
- Paperback
239 pages
- Release Date
14 March 1998
Summary
Some parks, preserves, and other natural areas serve people well; others are disappointing. Successful design and management requires knowledge of both people and environments.
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. Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan, leading researchers in the field of en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559635943 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559635940 |
| Author: | Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan, Robert Ryan |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 239 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 14 March 1998 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
Rachel Kaplan
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).
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).
Robert L. Ryan is an award-winning landscape architect who recently completed his doctoral dissertation on people’s attachment to natural areas.
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