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This second volume in the Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design series follows the pattern of Volume 1. It is organized into six sections user group research, consisting of advances in theory, place research, sociobehavioral research, research and design methods, and research utilization. The authors of the chapters in this volume represent a range of disciplines, including architecture, geography, psychology, social ecology, and urban planning. They also offer international perspectives: Tommy Garling from Sweden, Graeme Hardie from South Africa (re cently relocated to North Carolina), Gerhard Kaminski from the Federal Republic of Germany, and Roderick Lawrence from Switzerland (for merly from Australia). Although most chapters address topics or issues that are likely to be familiar to readers (environmental perception and cognition, facility pro gramming, and environmental evaluation), four chapters address what the editors perceive to be new topics for environment, behavior, and design research. Herbert Schroeder reports on advances in research on urban for estry. For most of us the term forest probably conjures up visions of dense woodlands in rural or wild settings. Nevertheless, in many parts of the country, urban areas have higher densities of tree coverage than can be found in surrounding rural landscapes. Schroeder reviews re search that addresses the perceived and actual benefits and costs associ ated with these urban forests.
List of contents
I Advances in Theory.- 1 The Relevance of Ecologically Oriented Theory Building in Environment and Behavior Research.- 2 Structuralist Theories in Environment-Behavior-Design Research: Applications for Analyses of People and the Built Environment.- 3 Notes on Theory in Environment and Behavior Research.- II Advances in Place Research.- 4 Environment, Behavior, and Design Research on Urban Forests.- 5 Environment and Behavior Research for Developing Countries.- III Advances in User Group Research.- 6 Hospital Design, Health Providers, and the Delivery of Effective Health Care.- IV Advances in Sociobehavioral Research.- 7 Environmental Perception and Cognition.- V Advances in Research And Design Methods.- 8 Facility Programming.- 9 Advances in Evaluation of the Built Environment.- VI Advances in Research Utilization.- 10 The Policy Environment for Environment-Behavior Research.
