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Stamps, Arthur E., III – Environment and Behavior, 2013
This article reports seven new, original findings, based on 4 experiments, 56 environmental scenes, and 71 participants, on how the factors of area over which one could walk (boundary height, boundary porosity, and boundary proximity) influence perceived spaciousness or enclosure. Perceived spaciousness was most strongly related by the area over…
Descriptors: Urban Environment, Physical Environment, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
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Brown, Barbara B.; Werner, Carol M.; Amburgey, Jonathan W.; Szalay, Caitlin – Environment and Behavior, 2007
Guided walks near a light rail stop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, were examined using a 2 (gender) x 3 (route walkability: low-mixed-, or high-walkability features) design. Trained raters confirmed that more walkable segments had more traffic, environmental, and social safety; pleasing aesthetics; natural features; pedestrian amenities; and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Pedestrian Traffic, Traffic Safety, Physical Environment
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Rapoport, Amos – Environment and Behavior, 1978
Concepts derived from general man-environment system (MES) models are applied to the specific problem of nomadic sedentarization. The analysis focuses on the manner in which residential mobility may function as a central element in nomadic cultures. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Land Settlement