Comments on "place and human development" by Paul Shepard and Yi-Fu Tuan's "experience and appreciation"

Abstract

Paul Shepard presents a dazzling array of profound ideas about the nature of the relationship between early developmental stages and places experienced in a variety of cultures. Shepard's analysis is related to the schema presented in Spivack's (1973) paper, in which he identifies some basic requirements of the human species and the environmental conditions necessary to meet those requirements. Spivack lists human requirements such as eating, mating, and sleeping, along with the essential environmental forms for the activities. These analyses by Shepard and Spivack serve to remind us that Erikson's (1968) stages in the life cycle and the conflicts and crises associated with each stage have not been considered in an environmental context.

Parent Publication

• Children, nature, and the urban environment: proceedings of a symposium-fair

Citation

Ladd, Florence C. 1977. Comments on "place and human development" by Paul Shepard and Yi-Fu Tuan''s "experience and appreciation". In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 14-16