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Landscape : Pattern, Perception and Process by Simon Bell, Bell S Staff is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Landscape : Pattern, Perception and Process about?
Landscapes develop and evolve through an interacting series of processes - climatic, geological, ecological and cultural - over varying periods of time. These processes shape the structure and character of the landscapes which we experience. Over time, distinctive patterns emerge - ranging in scale from the distribution of small plants to the sculptured sides of a huge canyon. Our perception of these patterns goes beyond just their visual appreciation - beautiful though they may be - into a richer understanding of how we experience our environment. By understanding this complex pattern-process interaction we can obtain a deeper awareness of landscape and our place in it - as inhabitants and as shapers. The book explores the nature of patterns and ways of classifying them before studying the nature of perception (primarily visual but including other senses), then proceeds to relate this perception to aesthetics and from there to the design process. From this point the main driving processes in landscape are introduced alongside the resulting patterns, these being climatic, landform, ecosystem and cultural aspects. It is this integrative approach of looking at landscape as a kind of
Who reads Landscape : Pattern, Perception and Process?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Simon Bell, Bell S Staff
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780203120088
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Architecture, Art, Agriculture
- Updated
- 2026-03-24