Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-614) and indexes.
Contents:
Why, what and how of environmental psychology -- Nature and human nature -- Environmental perception and cognition -- Theories of environment-behavior relationships -- Noise -- Weather, climate, and behavior -- Disasters, toxic hazards, and pollution -- Personal space and territoriality -- High density and crowding -- City -- Architecture, design and engineering for human behavior -- Design in residential and institutional environments -- Work, learning, and leisure environments -- Changing behavior to save the environment -- Glossary.
Summary:
Environmental psychology deals with the reciprocal relationships between humans and the built and natural environment.... [The authors] study the problems and opportunities people encounter as we interact with the environment; [they] also study ways [they] can develop more compatible relationships with the environment.... [The authors] conceived this and earlier editions of [the book] as a primary text for environment and behavior courses (environmental psychology, social ecology, architectural psychology, ecological psychology, environmental design and the like). It can also be used as a supplement to courses using more specialized materials. -Pref.
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