Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical, Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences (Environment and Behavior)

Taylor, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0521313074 / ISBN 13: 9780521313070

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

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'Territorial functioning' refers to an interlocked system of sentiments, cognitions, and behaviors that are highly place-specific, and socially and culturally determined and maintaining. Series Editor(s): Stokols, Daniel; Altman, Irwin. Series: Environment and Behavior. Num Pages: 380 pages, 11 half-tones, 8 tables, 31 line diagrams. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502. . 2010. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Territorial Functioning: An Empirical, Evolutionary Perspective on Individual and Small Group Territorial Cognitions, Behaviors, and Consequences (Environment and Behavior)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521313074
• ISBN 13: 9780521313070
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"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.

Book Description

Contrary to popular thought, this study argues that territorial functioning is relevant only to limited locations, such as street blocks, and that it reduces conflicts and helps maintain settings and groups.