Home is Important (05-26-09)
Seiden uses a psychoanalytic approach to study human beings’ attachment to their first homes.
Seiden uses a psychoanalytic approach to study human beings’ attachment to their first homes.
The United Kingdom’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has analyzed residential streets, identifying physical features associated with desirable resident experience.
Akalin and his colleagues have added to the body of evidence indicating that moderately complex design is preferred.
Neighborhood conditions influence how people in them perceive their personal health.
Researchers link airplane noise to the expression of ADHD symptoms in children and residents link neighborhood qualities with mental health.
Researchers investigate the link between seeing wind turbines and evaluations of the noise that they produce.
Nasar and Stamps have investigated the physical features of McMansions (super-sized infill homes) that are most likely to distress neighbors.
Keizer and his colleagues have probed the Broken Window phenomena: when people see signs of petty neighborhood neglect, such as litter and graffiti, they are more likely to engage in similar violations of social norms.
Henderson and Song present additional evidence that nearby open space is desirable.
People value living near historic homes.