书目

What Americans Build and Why

内容简介

WhatAmericansBuildandWhyexaminesfiveareasofAmericans'builtenvironment:houses,healthcarefacilities,schools,workplaces,andshoppingenvironments.Synthesizinginformationfrombothacademicjournalsandthepopularpress,thebooklooksattherelationshipsofsizeandscaletothewayAmericanslivetheirlivesandhowtheirwayoflifeisfundamentallyshapedbythehighwaysystem,cheapland,andincentives.ThisbookistimelybecausealthoughAmericanssaytheycravecommunity,theycontinuetoconstructbuildings,suchasMcMansionsandbigboxstores,thatmakecreatingcommunityachallenge.Furthermore,inmanywaysthemovementtowardteleworking,discussedinthechapteronofficeenvironments,alsochallengesthetraditionalplace-basedformationofcommunity.AlthoughfocusedontheUnitedStates,thebookalsoincludesreferencetootherpartsoftheworld,especiallyregardingtheretailenvironment.

作者简介

AnnSloanDevlinistheMayBuckleySadowski'19ProfessorofPsychologyandCollegeMarshalatConnecticutCollege.ShehastaughtatConnecticutCollegesince1973andhasreceivedtheJohnS.KingFacultyTeachingAward(2006)andtheStudentGovernmentAssociationExcellenceinTeachingAward(1991).Inthespringof2009,shetaughtatthePantheonInstituteinRomeinaStudyAwayTeachAway(SATA)programsponsoredbyConnecticutCollege.WhileinRome,shegaveaninvitedseminaratLaSapienza(UniversityofRome).SheisontheeditorialreviewboardofthejournalEnvironmentandBehaviorandhasbeenaBoardMemberandSecretaryoftheEnvironmentalDesignResearchAssociation.SheisaFellowofDivision34,PopulationandEnvironmentalPsychologyoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.Shehastwopreviousbooks:MindandMaze:SpatialCognitionandEnvironmentalBehavior(2001)andResearchMethods:Planning,Conducting,andPresentingResearch(2006).HerarticlesappearinjournalssuchasEnvironmentandBehavior,theJournalofEnvironmentalPsychology,andtheEDRA(EnvironmentalDesignResearchAssociation)Proceedings.

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