Human aspects of urban form

Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Urban Design as the Organization of Space, Dine, Meaning and Communication
The meaning of space

Rules of organization
The choice model of design
Cultural variability of urban environments
The role of values in design
Environmental perception
The perceived environment
The excessively broad meaning of "perception" in the literature

Evaluation, cognition and perception
The distinction between evaluation, cognition and perception in the urban
environment - an example
Pros and cons of making these distinctions

The filter model
The general concept of image and schema
The development of the concept of image
2. Perception of Environmental Quality - Environmental Eralttation
and Preference

Components of environmental quality
Habitat selection and migration in response to environmental preference
The variability of standards
The problem of "slums"
Squatter settlements
3. Environmental Cognition

Urban images
Cognitive schemata and mental maps
The construction of mental maps
Orientation
The subjective definition of areas
Subjective distance -space and time
Subjective urban morphology
4 The Importance and Nature of Environmental Perception
The multisensory nature of perception
Information approaches - sensory deprivation and overload
Density and privacy in sensory terms
Environmental complexity
The notion of noticeable differences
Effects of scale and speed of movement
5. The City in terms of Social. Cultural and Territorial Variables
Clustering and urban enclaves
Socio-cultural aspects of the city
The relevance of ethological concepts in the city
Public and private domains

Behavior setting system
The house-settlement system
6 .The Distinction Between Associational and Perceptual Worlds
Symbolism and the urban environment
Environment as communication
Culture, symbols and form as ways of coping with overload
Cross-cultural view of the city - differences in form and cultural landscapes
Designing fur cultural pluralism

The involvement of people in their environment and its consequences

Conclusion
References
Index of Names
Index of Places
Subject Index