Applications of Environment-Behavior Research
Case Studies and Analysis

Describes thirteen cases in which architects, city planners and designers used psychological theory and research to make their work more responsive to the needs of people.

Paul D. Cherulnik (Author)

9780521331890, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 30 July 1993

360 pages
23.6 x 15.9 x 2.8 cm, 0.681 kg

"...should provide considerable food for thought to students wanting to know more about the application of their discipline...Cherulnik's decision to use case studies to convince designers and planners of the benefits of applied research...is an excellent one...the book should achieve Cherulnik's goal of adding... to the progress of applied environmental design research." Carolyn Whitehead, Journal of Environmemtal Psychology

Architects, city planners, and other design professionals have used theory and research from psychology and other behavioral sciences to make their work more responsive to the needs of the people who use the buildings, parks, and city streets they help to shape. This book describes in detail thirteen cases in which that approach was followed. It analyzes the use of environmental design research in each case, demonstrating how it has made a positive contribution in these cases and how its use can improve design and planning processes in general and thus the quality of the built and natural environments.

Part I: Introduction
1. Preface and introduction
2. A model of environmental design/planning research (EDR) and a framework for analyzing cases of EDR
Part II: Building Design
3. Contra Costa County main detention facility
4. University of Michigan replacement hospital programe
5. Belchertown State School
6. Seattle FAA office building
7. Trinity College dormitory
8. Sociopetal space in psychiatric hospitals
Part III: Community Planning
9. Exxon Plaza re-design
10. Livable streets
11. Clason Point Gardens
12. CMUC (MACUL)
Part IV: Environmental Management
13. Energy conservation
14. San Francisco's 1985 downtown plan
15. Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
PartV: Conclusion
16. Epilogue: the past, present, and future of environmental design research'.

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]