Sense of Place
A response to an environment: The Swan River Coastal Plain, Western Australia
$41.57
- Hardcover
250 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2022
Summary
In 1972, George Seddon wrote Sense of Place, documenting his experience and research into the Swan Coastal Plain, which has since become a landmark Australian environmental publication. Among its claims to influence is having given modern currency to the term sense of place. Although Seddon did not coin the phrase, it was this book that introduced the phrase into the fields of landscape and environmental design. The book includes information on landforms, climate, geology, soils, flo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760802059 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760802050 |
| Author: | George Seddon |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.51kg |
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George Seddon
George Seddon AM (1927 – 2007) was an Australian academic who held university chairs in a range of subjects. He wrote popular books on the Australian landscape embracing diverse points of view. At the time of his death, he was Senior Honorary Research Fellow English, Communication and Cultural Studies at the University of Western Australia Perth, Western Australia and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Melbourne.
George Seddon was renowned for championing a ‘sense of place’, giving that phrase a uniquely Australian substance. He was a connoisseur of landscapes, from the rugged Snowy Mountains to the humble domestic backyard. He broke new ground in urban planning, landscape architecture and environmental conservation.
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