Person-environment-behavior research [[electronic resource] ] : investigating activities and experiences in spaces and environments / / Douglas Amedeo, Reginald G. Golledge, Robert J. Stimson

• Autore: Amedeo Douglas
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Guilford Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2/3
• Soggetto topico: Social psychology - Methodology; Environmental psychology; Spatial behavior; Research
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GolledgeReginald G. <1937-> StimsonR. J (Robert John)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An overview of spatial and/or environmental influences in human activities and experiences -- Data measurement to generate information -- Collecting data and generating information in a scientific mode -- The purpose of collecting and matching data and analysis -- Qualitative and survey approaches to collecting data and generating information -- Collecting information from sampled populations using probability and nonprobability designs -- Extrapolating from controlled conditions to the real world -- Modeling social-environmental factors associated with spatial patterns of voter support for political parties -- Intellectually challenged people interacting with their environment -- Spatial competence of the blind and visually impaired people when performing activities in different spaces -- Decision process and choice in the residential relocation of retirees -- Sex roles and the gendering of activities and spaces -- Spatial structural influences on activities in an elementary classroom environment -- Experiences in everyday environments -- Aesthetic experiences in environments -- Deriving metropolitanwide spatial patterns of perceived quality-of-life dimensions -- Reflecting the nature of cognitive spaces from perceived relations -- Modeling group conservation perspectives -- Mapping a strategic plan for research.
• Sommario/riassunto: Research into spatial influences on people's everyday activities and experiences presents many conceptual and methodological complexities. Written by leading authorities, this book provides a comprehensive framework for collecting and analyzing reliable person-environment-behavior data in real-world settings that rarely match the controlled conditions described in typical texts. An array of research designs are illustrated in chapter-length examples addressing such compelling issues as spatial patterns of voting behavior, ways in which disabilities affect people's travel and way-finding, how n
• Titolo autorizzato: Person-environment-behavior research
• ISBN: 1-60918-107-7; 1-282-79031-5; 9786612790317; 1-60623-101-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465072003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II