Coastal Towns in Transition: Local Perceptions of Landscape Change

Many coastal areas around the world are experiencing dramatic landscape changes as a result of increased tourism development and the "sea change phenomenon"  the migration of affluent urbanites to small coastal towns seeking beautiful, natural surroundings. In response to these changes lo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Green, Raymond James. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6887-4
LEADER 04133nam a22005055i 4500
001 8479
003 DE-He213
005 20130819030726.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 100301s2010 ne | s |||| 0|eng d
020 # # |a 9781402068874  |9 978-1-4020-6887-4 
024 7 # |a 10.1007/978-1-4020-6887-4  |2 doi 
050 # 4 |a HT390-395 
050 # 4 |a HT165.5-169.9 
072 # 7 |a RP  |2 bicssc 
072 # 7 |a POL002000  |2 bisacsh 
072 # 7 |a POL026000  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 710  |2 23 
100 1 # |a Green, Raymond James.  |e editor. 
245 1 0 |a Coastal Towns in Transition: Local Perceptions of Landscape Change  |c edited by Raymond James Green.  |h [electronic resource] / 
264 # 1 |a Dordrecht :  |b Springer Netherlands,  |c 2010. 
300 # # |a XII, 174 p.  |b online resource. 
336 # # |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 # # |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 # # |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
347 # # |a text file  |b PDF  |2 rda 
505 0 # |a Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction. 1.1 The Plight of Coastal Towns. 1.2 Community Responses. 1.3 Conserving Place Character. 1.4 Sustainable Development -- 2. Notions of Place Character. 2.1 What is Place Character? 2.2 Dimensions of Place Character. 2.3 The Validity of Theoretical Propositions -- 3. Methodological Considerations. 3.1 Perceptions of Environmental Quality. 3.2 Assessing Perceptions of Place Character. 3.3 Studies Along Australia s Great Ocean Road -- 4. Community Perceptions of Place Character. 4. 1 Introduction. 4.2 Place Character Features. 4.3 Categorization of Character Features. 4.4 Neighborhood Character. 4.5 Conclusions -- 5. Conserving Town Character. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Examples. 5.3 Summary -- 6. Facing Future Challenges. 6.1 Assessing and Managing Responses to Change. 6.2 Changing Place Character in the Face of Climate Change -- References.-. 
520 # # |a Many coastal areas around the world are experiencing dramatic landscape changes as a result of increased tourism development and the "sea change phenomenon" the migration of affluent urbanites to small coastal towns seeking beautiful, natural surroundings. In response to these changes local residents in these places often complain that the distinctive character of their towns and/or individual neighborhoods is being lost or degraded. Coastal Towns in Transition looks at how changes due to unsympathetic development of the built environment and modification of the natural landscape are perceived to negatively impact on the character of small coastal towns. The book explores the concept of town character, and associated notions of sense of place, genius loci and place identity, as conceptualised by local residents in several coastal town communities along Australia s Great Ocean Road. Findings of a four-year study involving over 1800 respondents from these communities are used to explore theoretical and methodological issues associated with the assessment of place character in the context of coastal towns that are experiencing rapid environmental change. This book will be of interest to planners and environmental designers, as well as scholars in both landscape studies and social science and planning fields who are interested in the sustainable development of coastal areas. The case studies and associated planning and design strategies, together with the bibliography of selected relevant literature, will provide an invaluable reference for these scholars. 
650 # 0 |a Geography. 
650 # 0 |a Regional planning. 
650 # 0 |a Architecture. 
650 # 0 |a Landscape ecology. 
650 # 0 |a Applied psychology. 
650 1 4 |a Geography. 
650 2 4 |a Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. 
650 2 4 |a Landscape Ecology. 
650 2 4 |a Landscape Architecture. 
650 2 4 |a Community and Environmental Psychology. 
650 2 4 |a Architecture, general. 
710 2 # |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 # |t Springer eBooks 
776 0 8 |i Printed edition:  |z 9781402068867 
856 4 0 |u https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6887-4 
912 # # |a ZDB-2-BHS 
950 # # |a Behavioral Science (Springer-11640)