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Color is important in healthcare environments, but the presence or absence of a particular hue does not alone determine the experience of people in a space.
People living in a city are more likely to go skiing when the snow levels build in their backyards; their skiing related decisions are less influenced by the amount of snow at the slopes.
Japanese and Swedish people behave differently on sunny warm days.
Herzog and Bryce have clarified the definition of environmental mystery and shown that more mysterious places are indeed preferred, countering recent inconsistent findings regarding this relationship.
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Today there is increased interest in cultivating healthy life styles early in life. This study investigates how neighborhood design might affect the after-school activity levels of adolescent girls.
More often than not, the outdoor environment of a senior ‘retirement’ community is ignored and people focus on the attributes of a building's interior. However, the activities that can be offered on the outside of a building are almost limitless, constrained only by the imagination, and not by a person's age.
Landscape features affect preference for nature-laden locations.
GIS can provide a multidimensional (visual, dynamic, holistic, and interactive) view of a neighborhood, so how can it best be used?