The Meaning and Use of Housing (eBook, PDF)

International Perspectives, Approaches and their Applications
Redaktion: Arias, Ernesto G.

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1993, The Meaning and Use of Housing presents a re-evaluation of the use and meaning of residential environments. It integrates methodological and philosophical approaches to assist in the making of comparisons across issues, concerns, disciplines and countries, and links theory, research and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 618
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040149089
• Artikelnr.: 72335782

Autorenporträt

Ernesto G. Arias Clare is a Professor Emeritus of Planning and Design, and a Faculty Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences at the University of Colorado, and Ad Honorem Professor of Urban Research in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Costa Rica. He selected Fulbright Fellow as Teaching Scholar (1984) and Research Scholar (1990) to Latin America on housing policy and sustainability respectively. The pursuit of his research experience has been towards a contribution in collaborative framing and resolution of planning problems through participation. This pursuit has been supported by major US and international foundations. It started with his initial work on the Resident Participation and the Residential Quality of US Public Housing at the University of Pennsylvania; to the research on residential environments of the poor as a Fulbright Scholar in Latin America; in community redevelopment work at major US cities; at his later developments of participatory decision-support technologies; and to present efforts introducing technology in public education in Costa Rica as a Board of Director's member of the Omar Dengo Foundation. He is author of various academic and professional publications in disciplines spanning his experiences from city and regional planning, environmental psychology, architecture, operations research, and computer science.

Inhaltsangabe

New Series Introduction to the Reissue David Canter and David Stea. List of
Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgements. Series Editor's Preface David
Canter. Foreword Irwin Altman. Introduction Ernesto G. Arias et al. Part I:
Meaning and Use: A Basis of Understanding Raymond G. Studer 1. Meaning and
Use: A Conceptual Basis Guido Francescato 2. Methodological Issues and
Approaches: A Critical Analysis Jon T. Lang Part II: The Meaning and Use of
Home: Its Interior Roderick J. Lawrence 3. The Interior Use of Home:
Behavior Principles Across and Within European Cultures Yvonne Bernard,
Mirilia Bonnes and M. Vittoria Giuliani 4. Spatial Archetypes and the
Experience of Time: Identifying the Dimensions of Home Gilles Barbey 5. The
Spatial Organization of the Domestic Interior: The Italian Home M. Vittoria
Giuliani, Giuseppe Bove and Giuseppina Rullo Part III: The Meaning and Use
of Home: Its Design Ernesto G. Arias 6. Connotative Meanings of House
Styles Jack L. Nasar 7. User Group Preferences and Their Intensity: The
Impacts of Residential Design Ernesto G. Arias 8. The Meaning of the
"Corredor" in Costa Rica: An Integrated Methodology for Design Donna Luckey
Part IV: The Meaning and Use of Neighborhood: Spatial Attributes and Social
Dynamics Maria M. Yen 9. The Meaning and Use of Public Space P. Wim Blauw
10. Neighborhood Gentrification: Dynamics of Meaning and Use in São Paulo,
Brazil Lucia Maria M. Bogus 11. The Space of Citizenship: Visually
Perceived Non-Spatial Dimensions of Housing Thereza C. Carvalho Part V: The
Meaning and Use of Housing: The Traditional Family Boyowa Anthony Chokor
12. The Behavioral Dynamics of Social Engineering: Lessons for Family
Housing Willliam Michelson 13. Housing Characteristics, Family Relations
and Lifestyle: An Empirical Study of Estonian Families Toomas Niit 14.
Inheritability and Attachment: The Detached House in Japan Kunihiro Narumi
Part VI: The Meaning and Use of Housing: Unconventional Arrangements
Kathryn H. Anthony 15. A Hybrid Strategy in a Study of Shared Housing
Carole Després 16. The Study of Collective Housing: A Swedish Perspective
Dick Urban Vestbro 17. Assimilation and Accommodation of a Housing
Innovation: A Case Study Approach of the House Trailer Allan Wallis Part
VII: The Meaning and Use of Housing: Overlooked Populations Karen A. Franck
18. The Homeless and "Doubled-Up" Households Elizabeth Huttman 19. Home is
Where You Start From: Childhood Memory in Adult Interpretations of Home
Louise Chawla 20. The Elderly and Housing Relocation in Sweden: A
Comparative Methodology Berth Danermark and Mats Ekström 21. Egyptian
Norms, Women's Lives: A New Form and Content for Housing Moshira El-Rafey
and Sharon E. Sutton Part VIII: Conclusion: Directions and Implications for
Future Developments 22. Getting From What Is to What Should Be: Procedural
Issues Raymond G. Studer 23. A House is Not an Elephant: Centering the
Marginal Willem van Vliet-. Contributors. Index.