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This third volume in Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design fol lows the conceptual framework adopted in the previous two volumes (see the Preface to Volume 1, 1987). It is organized into five sections advances in theory, advances in place, user group, and sociobehavioral research, and advances in research utilization. The authors of this volume represent a wide spectrum of the multi disciplinary environment-behavior and design field including architec ture, environmental psychology, facility management, geography, human factors, sociology, and urban design. The volume offers interna tional perspectives from North America (Carole Despres from Canada, several authors from the U.S.), Europe (Martin Krampen from Germany, Martin Symes from England), and New Zealand (David Kernohan). More so than any of the previous volumes, they are drawn from both academia and professional practice. While there continues to be a continuity in format in the series, we are actively exploring new directions that are on the cutting edges of the field and bode well for a more integrated future. This volume will fur ther develop the themes of design and professional practice to comple ment the earlier emphases on theory, research, and methods.
List of contents
I Advances In Theory.- 1 The Significance of Architectural Theory for Environmental Design Research.- 2 Design Theory from an Environment and Behavior Perspective.- 3 Relationships between Research and Design: A Commentary on Theories.- II Advances In Place Research.- 4 Workplace Planning, Design, and Management.- 5 American Vernacular Architecture.- III Advances In User Group Research.- 6 Homes for Children in a Changing Society.- IV Advances In Sociobehavioral Research.- 7 Environmental Meaning.- V Advances In Research Utilization.- 8 Participatory and Action Research Methods.- 9 Design Research in the Swamp: Toward a New Paradigm.- 10 "Einstein's Theory" of Environment-Behavior Research: A Commentary on Research Utilization.- of Previous Volumes.
