Place experience, gestalt, and the human-nature relationship

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-309

  Schroeder, Herbert W ^a  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gestalt; Nature; Phenomenology; Place experience; Special places

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048962121     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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