Bridging the boundaries : human experience in the natural and built environment and implications for research, policy, and practice / Edward Edgerton, Ombretta Romice, Kevin Thwaites (editors).

Published: Toronto, Ontario : Hogrefe, [2014]
Physical Description: viii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators: Thwaites, Kevin, Edgerton, Eddie, Romice, Ombretta Rossella Linda, and International Association for People-Environment Studies. Conference (22nd : 2012 : Strathclyde University)

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Advances in people-environment studies ; v. 5.

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Machine generated contents note: Bridging the Boundaries / Kevin Thwaites -- I.Environment, Health, and Well-Being -- Recreational Forests: Use, Experience, and Motivation at Selected Sites in Selangor, Malaysia / Anna Jorgensen -- Objectively Healthy Cities: Urban Design for the 21st Century / George Weeks -- Dementia-Friendly Architecture: Integrating Evidence in Architectural Design / Gesine Marquardt -- Objective and Subjective Impressions of an Environmental Intervention in Dementia Care Homes / Edward Edgerton -- II.Environmental Perception, Behavior, and Place-Identity -- A Customization of Urbanites: Boosting Place-Identity / Lineu Castello -- Young People's Attachment to Place / Maria Nordstrom -- Urban Parks in Curitiba, Brazil: Visibility and Permeability Analyses of Internal and External Configurational Properties / Vera Helena Moro Bins Ely -- Degrees of Environmental Diversity for Pedestrian Thermal Comfort in the Urban Continuum: A New Methodological Approach / Marialena Nikolopoulou -- Influence of Chromatic Complexity and Coherence on Evaluation of Urban Scenes / Natalia Naoumova -- III.Human Experience in Urban Sustainability -- Towards a Theoretical Basis for Anthropological People-Environment Studies / Ray Lucas -- Participatory Public Policy, Public Housing, and Community Sustainability: A Venezuelan Experience / Fernando Giuliani -- Programming for Behavior in Educational Environments / Paula R. P. Pereira -- Complexity and Order in Commercial Streetscapes: How to Maintain User Satisfaction With Visual Quality in Contemporary Cities / Sinval Xavier -- IV.Global Environment Challenges -- The Local Impact of Encountering Global Environmental Problems: Rural Residents' Appraisal of Changes as to the Better or the Worse / Maria Johansson -- Newspaper Coverage of Water Restrictions in Melbourne, Australia, in Relation to Climate Change Adaptation From 2006 to 2010 / Simon Chun Kwan Chui -- Vulnerability Assessment of Urban Populations in Africa: The Case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Sigrun Kabisch -- Is Urban Sustainability Possible in the Face of Accelerated Property Development and Major Public Works? The Case of Recife, Brazil / Onilda Bezerra.

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9780889374669 (pbk.)
088937466X (pbk.)

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"This book, volume five in the IAPS series Advances in People-Environment Studies, delivers selected peer reviewed papers developed by contributors to the 22nd IAPS International conference held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland from 24 29th June 2012."--Preface.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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