Readings on the Psychology of Place
David Canter, "Readings on the Psychology of Place "
English | ISBN: 1032321407 | 2023 | 298 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7 MB + 8 MB
English | ISBN: 1032321407 | 2023 | 298 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7 MB + 8 MB
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications – extracts from books, key articles, research findings and practical and theoretical contributions.
In this fascinating volume, Professor David Canter refl ects on a career that has earned him an international reputation as one of the U.K.’s most eminent applied social psychologists and a pioneer in the fi eld of environmental psychology, through a selection of papers that illustrate one of the foundational themes of his research career: the psychology of place. Split into four parts, each with a new introduction written by the author, the book provides insights into theories, methods and applications of place psychology. Covering a range of publications from early research in the 1960s up to recent explorations, this volume provides the unfolding research that elaborates this seminal theory, offering rich perspectives on how places gain their significance and meaning.
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