Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values

This book helped me understand my N.I.M.B.Y. neighbors who are against big windmills that can help reverse global warming. I still do NOT agree with them, though. TOPOPHILIA was great then (70s) and still is!

Very complete and interesting for those who study the space and the relationship of the human beings with it.

A truly unique and insightful view of our relationship with place. Great reading, great information, great book. Recommended to anyone with an interest in how place and people interact.

After reading Yi-Fu Tuan's "Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience," delving into "Topophilia" is a bit like stepping backward in the philosopher's evolution of thought. There are astounding passages of wisdom here, about the nature of human experience as it relates to the environment -- interspersed, sometimes jarringly, with related histories and descriptions. The seeds of Tuan's "humanistic geography" are here, but are not as philosophically compelling as the mature synthesis found in "Space and Place."It would be a mistake, however, to view Tuan's more mature work as superceding this volume. "Topophilia" is full of amazing sensitivity and insight, and key to gaining a deep and useful understanding of the author's philosophy. This book's emphasis on the conventional 'environment' is also significantly different from the broader notions 'space and place' explored in the later work of that name. Both works are seminal.To the philosopher, artist, and psychologist, I would recommend reading "Space and Place" before this book. To the geographer and especially the environmentalist, however, Topophilia's particular focus may be a more enticing place to start.

This is considered one of the most important essays among geographers, and being a geographer myself, i actually thought of this book (before buying it) as the one everyone involved in this subject should read.I have to say that while it is very well written, poetic and strong it doesn't really add anything specific to the community. I found it just a collection of many themes and ideas touched and developed by others in the past. Don't get me wrong, the book is beautiful and thanks to its fluidity it's a pleasure to read it, but it is more of a global vision of things .

The edition was different from what the photograph displayed. Book is in decent condition.

il libro è arrivato puntualissimo e con un imballaggio perfetto! lo consiglio a tutti!spedizione eccellente, puntuale e impeccabile =) =)