Professor Studies How People Feel about Their Environment

Oladele Ogunseitan, a social ecology professor at the University of California at Irvine, who is also a microbiologist, has been studying topophilia, topo meaning region or place, and philia ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Prof. Ogunseitan's research article was published in the February journal of Environmental Health Perspectives. His hypothesis was that ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Ogunseitan identified four categories of topophilia: ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Ogunseitan believes these types of assessments can assist urban planners and landscape designers.

Source: Ogunseitan O. Topophilia and the Quality of Life. Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 113, Number 2, February 2005.

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