Nature and the Built Environment
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Author: Norman Crowe
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Institution Name:
University of Notre Dame
Collection Name: Notre Dame Opencourseware
Abstract: This course explores the evolutionary roots of form and order in the built environment. While grounded in scientific evidence, a broad perspective of humanism is emphasized throughout, with discussions of how ideas, beliefs, experience, ideals, and human nature animate individuals and societies and thereby give form to the things they make. Readings begin with the idea of nature and how it is manifest in ancient cities, architecture, and other artifacts. This is then contrasted with today's built environment and our world of increasing economic and cultural globalization, the advent of mega-cities, and an impending worldwide scarcity of critical natural resources.
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Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Lecture Notes, Syllabi
Media Formats: Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML
Language: English
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