Inscape and Landscape: The Human Perception of Environment 9780231884464

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INSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE

INSCAPE AND LANDSCAPE T h e Human Perception of Environment

Pierre Dansereau

Columbia University Press New York and London 1975

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Massey Lectures. T h e s e lectures, n a m e d in h o n o r of the R t .

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V i n c e n t Massey, f o r m e r G o v e r n o r G e n e r a l of C a n a d a , were b e g u n by C B C in 1961 to e n a b l e d i s t i n g u i s h e d authorities in fields of g e n e r a l i m p o r t a n c e to present the results of o r i g i n a l study or research. Pierre D a n s e r e a u is Professor of E c o l o g y at the U n i v e r s i t y of Q u e b e c at M o n t r e a l .

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L i b r a r y of Congress C a t a l o g i n g in P u b l i c a t i o n D a t a Dansereau, Pierre Mackay, 1 9 1 1 I n s c a p e a n d landscape. O r i g i n a l l y p u b l i s h e d by the C a n a d i a n B r o a d c a s t i n g C o m p a n y , T o r o n t o , in series: Massey lectures, 12th ser. B i b l i o g r a p h y : p. lofi 1. H u m a n ccologv—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. G e o g r a p h i c a l perception—Addresses, essays, lectures. 3. Ecology—Addresses, essays, lectures. I. T i t l e . II. Series: Massey lectures: 1 2 t h ser. G F

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