New Perspectives on People and Forests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ritter, Eva (Editor), Dauksta, Dainis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: World Forests, 9
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape ecology.; Nature.; Environment.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Cultural Heritage.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

The aim of this book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. Most landscapes today are cultural landscapes that are influenced by human activity and that in turn have a profound effect on our understanding of and identification with a place. The book propose...