Human Territorial Functioning by Ralph B Taylor

Human Territorial Functioning by Ralph B Taylor

'Territorial functioning' refers to an interlocked system of sentiments, cognitions, and behaviors that are highly place-specific, and socially and culturally determined and maintaining. In this book, Ralph Taylor explores the consequences of human territorial functioning for individuals, small groups, and the ecological systems in which they operate. His exploration is illuminated by his evolutionary perspective, and grounded in empirical studies by social scientists and in theoretical work on the evolution of social and spatial behaviors. He systematically reviews the related research and theory, and indicates the importance of territorial functioning to current social and environmental problems. Contrary to popular wisdom, he argues that territorial functioning is relevant only to limited locations, such as street blocks, and not to neighborhoods or nation states, and that it reduces conflicts and helps maintain settings and groups. His theoretically focused examination of all that has been discovered about human territorial functioning will interest a wide variety of environmental psychologists and designers, urban sociologists, social psychologists, planners, and ethologists, and their students.

"..new and refreshing look at a set of issues that have theoretical and applied implications for environment-behavior relations in many context. It will inform any reader and stimulate propositions for many years to come." Contemporary Psychology
"...an intellectual treatise which provides an update review and fresh analysis of empirical works on human territoriality." Timothy Austin, Contemporary Sociology

Taylor, Ralph B.: - Ralph B. Taylor is Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He is the author of Breaking Away From Broken Windows: Baltimore Neighborhoods and the Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear and Decline and Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences.

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ISBN 13	9780521313070
ISBN 10	0521313074
Titel	Human Territorial Functioning
Autor	Ralph B Taylor
Serie	Environment And Behavior
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1988-08-26
Seitenanzahl	380
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