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dc.contributor.authorBesson, Anu
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-07T11:24:29Z
dc.date.available2017-11-07T11:24:29Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationBesson, A. (2017). Building a Paradise? : On the Quest for the Optimal Human Habitat. <i>Contemporary Aesthetics</i>, <i>15</i>. <a href="http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=806" target="_blank">http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=806</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_27323670
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_75543
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/55785
dc.description.abstractDo humans have a natural habitat? If yes, is it the original habitat of early hominids or the most optimal environment for today’s humans? Are these two the same thing and, if not, what does ‘optimal habitat’ mean? I examine the concept of the optimal habitat from four viewpoints: 1) paradise; 2) urban design based on environmental psychology; 3) favorite places; and 4) environment as an invitation for action. I conclude that an optimal habitat is not a collection of more or less fixed elements but an environment that can be experienced as a beneficial feedback loop based on and responding to cognitive, emotional, aesthetic, and other needs. Different environments can prompt or hinder this experience of optimal habitat and consequently improve or diminish subjective well-being.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherContemporary Aesthetics
dc.relation.ispartofseriesContemporary Aesthetics
dc.relation.urihttp://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=806
dc.subject.otheroptimal human habitat
dc.titleBuilding a Paradise? : On the Quest for the Optimal Human Habitat
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201711064144
dc.contributor.laitosMusiikin, taiteen ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Music, Art and Culture Studiesen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2017-11-06T13:15:18Z
dc.type.coarjournal article
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.relation.issn1932-8478
dc.relation.numberinseries0
dc.relation.volume15
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© the Author, 2017. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of an Creative Commons License.
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dc.subject.ysoestetiikka
dc.subject.ysoympäristö
dc.subject.ysoympäristöpsykologia
dc.subject.ysoympäristöestetiikka
dc.subject.ysoparatiisi
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5196
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p6033
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p5912
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7953
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p7276
dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/


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