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Mental maps

Title
Mental maps [by] Peter Gould and Rodney White.
Author
Gould, Peter, 1932-2000.
Publication
Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1974.

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Additional Authors
White, Rodney R.
Description
204 pages illustrations, maps; 20 cm
Summary
"Mental maps is a study of the 'geography of perception': of the mental images we form of places, which are inevitably shaped by a selective channeling of information. ... The mental images we construct are crucial in deciding where to live, in the siting of factories and new towns, in our choice of holidays and in our attitude to other people. Geographers are now trying to measure 'mental maps', to discover how they are formed and how they differ. ... include account of mental maps at work in America, Sweden, Southeast Asia, parts of Africa and Britain, and an analysis of the implications of their findings."--Back cover.
Series Statement
Pelican geography and environmental studies
Uniform Title
Pelican geography and environmental studies
Subject
  • Geographical perception
  • Geography
  • Imagery (Psychology)
  • Perception
  • Geography
  • Environment
  • Spatial Behavior
  • Imagery, Psychotherapy
  • Perception
  • geography
  • imagery
  • Mental maps. > [Literature] > 1974
  • Geographical perception
  • Kognitive Landkarte
  • Weltbild
  • Wohnort
  • Ruimte (algemeen)
  • Beeldvorming
  • Waarneming
  • Percepcao (Psicologia)
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 193-197.
Contents
The images of places -- How we measure geographic preferences -- Images of Britain -- Environmental preferences and regional images in America -- Patterns of ignorance, information and learning -- Mental maps and administration -- Mental maps in today's world.
ISBN
  • 014021688X
  • 9780140216882
LCCN
74176062
OCLC
  • ocm01370729
  • 1370729
  • SCSB-284773
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library