Images of mountains : a search for the ideal

Auteur :
PRICE, L. W.

Description :
Suggestive essay that discusses human preferences in mountain landscapes : light-colored granite rock| timberline and alpine meadow vegetation| water (tarns, streams, waterfalls)| snowcaps| ice-sculpted features| interconnected ridges. The Alps are set apart by being both humanized and well maintained. - (DWG)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Yearbook of the Association of Pacific coast geographers, 1986, vol. 48, p. 7-40, Références bibliographiques : 43 réf.

Date :
1986