Environment, Cognition, and Action
An Integrated Approach
Published on 30. April 1992
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-19-506220-5 (ISBN)
Description
How do human beings comprehend, evaluate, and utilize the physical environments they inhabit? In this edited volume, a distinguished group of international contributers examines in detail the interconnections between what we know about, feel, and hope to accomplish in real world environments. Psychologists, planners, architects, and geographers discuss the state of knowledge in environmental cognition, building and landscape assessment, aesthetics, and decision-making. Gaps in our thinking about environmental issues are also discussed. The authors present an analysis of how our knowledge can be utilized in the design and planning of settings better suited to human needs. Of interest to psychologists, geographers, and environmental designers, Environment, Cognition, and Action examines the dynamic interplay of assessment, knowledge, and action of people in all settings relevant to daily life - home, school, office and industry.
Reviews / Votes
A great deal of thought and considered argument is apparent in the contributions to this volume. * Denis M. Parker, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Psychology, Vol. 86, 1995 * A great deal of thought and considered argument is apparent in the contributions to this volume. * Denis M. Parker, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Psychology (1995) 86 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line illustrations, tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
747 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506220-5 (9780195062205)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
01/1992
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€97.49
Available for download
Persons
Content
Gary W. Evans & Tommy Garling: Environment, Cognition, and Action; PART I: THE IMPACT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT: Rachel Kaplan: Environmental description and prediction: A conceptual analysis; Reginald G. Golledge: Cognition of physical and built environments; Harry Timmermans: Decision making processes, choice behavior, and environmental design: conceptual issues and problems of application; Craig Zimring and Mark Gross: Searching for the environment in environmental cognition research; Ervin H. Zube: Environmental assessment, cognition, and action: Research applications; PART II: PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES: Rikard Kuller: Environmental assessment from a neurospsychological perspective; Anders Book: Spatial cognition as events; Stephen Kaplan: Beyond rationality: clarity-based descision making; David Canter: Understanding, assessing, and acting in places: is an integrative framework possible?; Gerald D. Weisman: Conceptualization and application: Psychological processes in environmental cognition and assessment; PART III: LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT: Giovanna Axia, Erminielda Mainardi Peron, and Maria Rosa Baroni: Environmental assessment across the life-span; Lynn S. Liben: Environmental cognition through direct and representational experiences: a life-span perspective; Roger A. Hart and Michael K. Conn: Developmental perspectives on action in environments; Christopher Spencer: Life-span changes in activities, and consequent changes in the cognition and assessment of the environment; Gary T. Moore: Life-span development: applications to environmental policy, planning, and design; PART IV: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: Tommy Garling, Erik Lindberg, Gunilla Torell and Gary W. Evans: From environmental to ecological cognition.