The Ramifications of Neighborhood Disorder (08-01-11)
Price-Spratien and Santoro’s work reaffirms the negative consequences of neighborhood incivilities.
Price-Spratien and Santoro’s work reaffirms the negative consequences of neighborhood incivilities.
Miss the conference? Here are some highlights.
Evidence continues to accumulate linking experiences in nature with human well-being at a fundamental level.
Lederbogen and his colleagues investigated the influence of growing up in a city on the experience of social stress.
O’Connor investigated the influence of façade color on experience of a streetscape, particularly building size and its congruity with its context.
What physical features of a neighborhood do visitors use to assess its safety?
A recent press release from the University of Illinois discusses important links between green spaces and health, with a focus on research done by Frances Kuo, a professor there.
The USDA Forest Service i-Tree Tools can be used to assess the “local, tangible ecosystem services that trees provide” either individually or in groups.
Laaksoharju and Rappe examined the relationship of 9-10 year old Finns with green spaces and plants.
Wexler definitely doesn’t feel that bigger is necessarily better and her discussion of McMansion’s is directly relevant to designers.