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Author:   Tommy Garling (Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Umea, Sweden) ,  Gary W. Evans (Professor of Social Ecology, Professor of Social Ecology, University of California-Irvine, USA)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.40cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780195062205

ISBN 10:   0195062205
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   30 April 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Gary W. Evans and Tommy Garling: Environment, Cognition, and Action PART I: The Impact of the Physical Environment 2: Rachel Kaplan: Environmental Description and Prediction: A Conceptual Analysis 3: Reginald G. Golledge: Cognition of Physical and Built Environments 4: Harry Timmermans: Decision Making Processes, Choice Behavior, and Environmental Design: Conceptual Issues and Problems of Application 5: Craig Zimring and Mark Gross: Searching for the Environment in Environmental Cognition Research 6: Ervin H. Zube: Environmental Assessment, Cognition, and Action: Research Applications PART II: Psychological Processes 7: Rikard Kuller: Environmental Assessment from a Neuropsychological Perspective 8: Anders Book: Spatial Cognition as Events 9: Stephen Kaplan: Beyond Rationality: Clarity-Based Decision Making 10: David Canter: Understanding, Assessing, and Acting in Places: Is an Integrative Framework Possible? 11: Gerald D. Weisman: Conceptualization and Application: Psychological Processes in Environmental Cognition and Assessment PART III: Life-Span Development 12: Giovanna Axia, Erminielda Mainardi Peron, and Maria Rosa Baroni: Environmental Assessment Across the Life Span 13: Lynn S. Liben: Environmental Cognition Through Direct and Representational Experiences: A Life-Span Perspective 14: Roger A. Hart and Michael K. Conn: Developmental Perspectives on Action in Environments 15: Christopher Spencer: Life-Span Changes in Activities, and Consequent Changes in the Cognition and Assessment of the Environment 16: Gary T. Moore: Life-Span Development: Applications to Environmental Policy, Planning, and Design PART IV: Summary and Conclusion 17: Tommy Garling, Erik Lindberg, Gunilla Torell, and Gary W. Evans: From Environmental to Ecological Cognition

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<br> Making sense of one's environment is a largely unconscious concern. This collection of essays brings light to bear on a number of interdependent variables which lead to value judgements, which, in turn, might lead to important social decisions regarding such matters as the siting of schools, hospitals, housing, workplaces, recreational facilities. --Aslib Book Guide<p><br> An attempt to bring structure and theoretical focus to a fragmented field. Garling and Evans have taken a significant step. --Richard B. Barnes, Contemporary Psychology<p><br>

<br> Making sense of one's environment is a largely unconscious concern. This collection of essays brings light to bear on a number of interdependent variables which lead to value judgements, which, in turn, might lead to important social decisions regarding such matters as the siting of schools, hospitals, housing, workplaces, recreational facilities. --Aslib Book Guide<br> An attempt to bring structure and theoretical focus to a fragmented field. Garling and Evans have taken a significant step. --Richard B. Barnes, Contemporary Psychology<br>

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

Making sense of one's environment is a largely unconscious concern. This collection of essays brings light to bear on a number of interdependent variables which lead to value judgements, which, in turn, might lead to important social decisions regarding such matters as the siting of schools, hospitals, housing, workplaces, recreational facilities. --Aslib Book Guide<br> An attempt to bring structure and theoretical focus to a fragmented field. Garling and Evans have taken a significant step. --Richard B. Barnes, Contemporary Psychology<br>

Making sense of one's environment is a largely unconscious concern. This collection of essays brings light to bear on a number of interdependent variables which lead to value judgements, which, in turn, might lead to important social decisions regarding such matters as the siting of schools, hospitals, housing, workplaces, recreational facilities. --Aslib Book Guide An attempt to bring structure and theoretical focus to a fragmented field. Garling and Evans have taken a significant step. --Richard B. Barnes, Contemporary Psychology

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