Coastal Towns in Transition: Local Perceptions of Landscape Change

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Green, Raymond James. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Architecture.; Landscape ecology.; Applied psychology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Landscape Ecology.; Landscape Architecture.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Architecture, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6887-4

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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 Australias 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.-.