Search for dissertations about: "environmental aesthetics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental aesthetics.

  2. 1. Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland

    Author : Þorvardur Árnason; Elfar Loftsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Views; Nature; Environmental; Concern; Ethics; Iceland; Miljöhistoria; Island; Naturuppfattning; Naturskydd; Historia; Water in nature and society; Vatten i natur och samhälle;

    Abstract : Environmental concern in contemporary societies is a complex phenomenon which is shaped and influenced by a host of different factors. One of the most important of these is the interplay between culture and nature that has taken place during the course of a nation’s history and the various ‛views of nature’ that such interplay has generated. READ MORE

  4. 2. Perceived Sensory Dimensions : A Human-Centred Approach to Environmental Planning and Design

    Author : Jonathan Stoltz; Ingrid Stjernquist; Peter Schlyter; Patrik Grahn; Christer Sandahl; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Green infrastructures; urban planning; environmental aesthetics; salutogenic design; multiple use; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Abstract : Increased urbanization, stress and lifestyle related illness, and biodiversity loss are some of the most urgent challenges today. The potential contributions from green spaces and infrastructures in relation to these challenges are several. READ MORE

  5. 3. Environmental Atmosphere: Outdoor Environmental Assessments for Design and Education

    Author : Lisa Tucker Cross; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Landskapsarkitektur; Landscape design; POE; outdoor environment; housing exhibitions; housing environments; expert checklist; environmental atmosphere; architectural education; cross-cultural; Physical planning; Fysisk planering;

    Abstract : The primary goal of this thesis was to develop an Expert checklist for assessing and de-veloping outdoor residential environments. The checklist was utilized by 5 experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning who were all fa-miliar with the concept of architectural psychology. READ MORE

  6. 4. Are Beautiful traffic environments safer than Ugly traffic environments?

    Author : Helena Drottenborg; Trafik och väg; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; driving behaviour; traffic safety; eye blink; heart rate; mood; basic emotional process; environmental psychology; gestalt theory; ugly; aesthetics; beautiful; speed.; Road transport technology; Vägtransportteknik;

    Abstract : To link aesthetics to traffic safety, the field of environmental psychology was consid-ered. A new model of driving behaviour was developed, based on Lewin’s (1951) equation, B = f (P,E) and by employing Küllers’ (1991) model of the basic emotional process. READ MORE

  7. 5. Nature Writing of the Anthropocene

    Author : Christian Hummelsund Voie; Anders Olsson; Peter Mortensen; Scott Slovic; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : Anthropocenic awareness; nature writing; material nature writing; material ecocriticism; environmental justice; rhapsody; jeremiad; the dignification of the overlooked; functional aesthetics; anti-landscape; necroregion; retreat; confrontation;

    Abstract : The point of departure for this study is the hypothesis that the American genre of nature writing has reached an important crossroads in the way it describes the human-nature relationship. My study argues that the awareness of the large-scale environmental changes that are signaled in terms such as the Anthropocene has changed the way nature writers approach their genre. READ MORE