Person-Environment-Behavior Research Investigating Activities and Experiences in Spaces and Environments

by Amedeo, Douglas; Golledge, Reginald G.; Stimson, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781593858711
• ISBN10: 159385871X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-26
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

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 personenvironmentbehavior 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 natural and built environments evoke emotional responses, spatial factors in elementary teaching and learning, and more. A special chapter guides the student or beginning researcher to craft a successful research proposal.

Author Biography

Douglas Amedeo is Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He teaches courses in behavioral approaches to geographic issues and conducts research on the importance of space in environmental settings and affective responses to environments.

 

Reginald G. Golledge is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He teaches courses on spatial and environmental cognition and conducts research in the areas of cognitive mapping and wayfinding, analytical behavioral geography, and spatial behavior.

 

Robert J. Stimson is Professor of Geographical Sciences and Planning at the University of Queensland, Australia, and Director of the Urban and Regional Analysis Research Program, University of Queensland Social Research Center. He conducts research on human spatial behavior and urban and regional analysis, development, and planning.

Table of Contents

An Overview of Spatial and/or Environmental Influences in Human Activities and Experiences

Comprehending Data Recording and Measurement to Generate Information in Scientific Inquiry

Data and Measurement to Generate Information

Collecting Data and Generating Information in a Scientific Mode

Collecting Data and Representing Information

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

Activities in Environments

Modeling Social-Environmental Factors Associated with Spatial Patterns of Voter Support for Political Parties

Intellectually Challenged People Interacting with Their Environment

Spatial Competence of Blind and Visually Impaired People When Performing Activities in Different Spaces

Activities and 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 and Environments

Experiences in Everyday Environments

Aesthetic Experiences in Environments

Experiences and Spaces

Deriving Metropolitanwide Spatial Patterns of Perceived Quality-of-Life Dimensions

Reflecting the Nature of Cognitive Spaces from Perceived Relations

Modeling Group Conservation Perspectives

Planning Research: The Common Sense of a Research Proposal

Mapping a Strategic Plan for Research

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