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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part A: Overview: Quality of Urban Life -- Introduction -- 1. The New Urban Crisis -- 2. Psychological Aspects of the Quality of Urban Life -- 3. On Cities, Design, and People -- Part ?: Social Networks -- Introduction -- 4. Social Networks and the Quality of Life -- 5. Social Networks in Urban Neighbourhoods -- 6. Network Procedures -- Part C: Ethnic Minorities -- Introduction -- 7. Acculturation and Stress Among Immigrants and Later Generation Individuals -- 8. The Pattern of Acculturation amongst Asian and Caribbean Descended Youth in Britain -- 9. Acculturation in Urban Areas: Migrant Workers and the Settlement of Turks in West Berlin -- Part D: Man - Environment Relations -- Introduction -- 10. The Use and Design of Open Spaces in Urban Neighborhoods -- 11. Aesthetic, Communication and Use: Perspectives for Urban Open Spaces -- 12. An Ecological Approach to Urban Environment Perception -- 13. Psychological Identity of and Identification with Urban Neighbourhoods -- Part E: Mental Health -- Introduction -- 14. New York City's Open Space System. The Process of Evolution -- 15. The Reform of Health and Psychiatric Services in Relation to the Quality of Urban Life. Experiences in the Region of Piedmont and in the City of Turin -- 16. From the Social Movement Towards the Socio-Cultural Movement. The Example of Amsterdam -- List of Authors -- Author Index
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part A: Overview: Quality of Urban Life -- Introduction -- 1. The New Urban Crisis -- 2. Psychological Aspects of the Quality of Urban Life -- 3. On Cities, Design, and People -- Part ?: Social Networks -- Introduction -- 4. Social Networks and the Quality of Life -- 5. Social Networks in Urban Neighbourhoods -- 6. Network Procedures -- Part C: Ethnic Minorities -- Introduction -- 7. Acculturation and Stress Among Immigrants and Later Generation Individuals -- 8. The Pattern of Acculturation amongst Asian and Caribbean Descended Youth in Britain -- 9. Acculturation in Urban Areas: Migrant Workers and the Settlement of Turks in West Berlin -- Part D: Man - Environment Relations -- Introduction -- 10. The Use and Design of Open Spaces in Urban Neighborhoods -- 11. Aesthetic, Communication and Use: Perspectives for Urban Open Spaces -- 12. An Ecological Approach to Urban Environment Perception -- 13. Psychological Identity of and Identification with Urban Neighbourhoods -- Part E: Mental Health -- Introduction -- 14. New York City's Open Space System. The Process of Evolution -- 15. The Reform of Health and Psychiatric Services in Relation to the Quality of Urban Life. Experiences in the Region of Piedmont and in the City of Turin -- 16. From the Social Movement Towards the Socio-Cultural Movement. The Example of Amsterdam -- List of Authors -- Author Index
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Dieter Frick war von 1973 bis 1998 Professor für Städtebau und Siedlungswesen am Institut für Stadt- und Regionalplanung der Technischen Universität Berlin.
Prof. em. Dr. Rainer Mackensen, Institut für Soziologie, Technische Universität Berlin.
