Clayton, S. & S. Opotow, 2003, Identity and the natural environment, The MIT Press, Cambridge
- Author : Clayton, S. & S. Opotow
- Year : 2003
- Title English : Identity and the natural environment
- Publisher : The MIT Press
- Publisher's Location : Cambridge
- ISBN : 0-262-53206-9
- Pages : 353
- Abstract : The Clayton-Opotow volume is a useful primer on identity and the environment. Since both “identity” and “nature” are slippery terms, the introduction sets out their parameters. Personal identity emerges in a social context that includes interpersonal and group memberships. Thus identity has a cultural and social aspect. The experience of nature is rooted in a social and cultural experience. Environmental identity can be conceptualized as occurring along a continuum. Identity and the Natural Environment is divided into sections based on the degree of social influence on environmental identity, ranging from the minimal to the strong. See for review: the Electonic green journal availeble from: http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj22/nayar1.html
- Comments : KEYWORDS: Urban trees, identity, group identity, public participation, environmental identity, ecological identity, emotional attachment, Darwinian, depth psychology, phenomenological, affordance theory, ecopsychology, people involved, tree-planting.