Environmental Simulation

by Marans, Robert W.; Stokols, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780306443886
• ISBN10: 0306443880
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

This is the first work to integrate and assess the considerable mass of recent research in environmental simulation within the broader context of public policy issues. Both the conceptual underpinnings as well as the methodologies of the discipline are examined in detail to provide environmental designers, architects, city planners, environmental psychologists, and natural resource managers with a comprehensive overview of the field.

Table of Contents

Dimensions of Environmental Simulation
Strategies of Environmental Simulation: Theoretical, Methodological, and Policy Issues	p. 3
Simulation for Planning and Design: A Review of Strategy and Technique	p. 23
Design and Research Applications
Physical Models in Decision Making for Design: Theoretical and Methodological Issues	p. 61
Environmental Simulation Research for an Aging Society: Familiarizing Older People with the Unknown	p. 87
A Multimodal Approach to Full-Scale Simulation: Evaluating Hospital Room Designs	p. 113
Simulation and Citizen Participation: Theory, Research, and Practice	p. 133
Simulated Studies of Color, Arousal, and Comfort	p. 163
Computer Simulation of Behavior in Spaces	p. 191
Synthetic Landscapes: A Review of Video-Imaging Applications in Environmental Perception Research, Planning, and Design	p. 213
Directions and Policy Implications for Environment Planning and Management
Landscape Simulation: Review and Potential	p. 253
Dynamic Simulation of Urban Environments	p. 279
Regulatory Implications of Environmental Simulation	p. 303
Epilogue	p. 315
Index	p. 319
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