Human Aspects of Urban Form: Towards a Man Environment Approach to Urban Form and Design

Amos Rapoport

ISBN 10: 0080242804 / ISBN 13: 9780080242804

Published by Pergamon, Oxford, 1977

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8vo large pp.438. Paper covers are worn. Previous owner's name on half-title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Aspects of Urban Form: Towards a Man Environment Approach to Urban Form and Design
• Publisher: Pergamon, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080242804
• ISBN 13: 9780080242804
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: no dustjacket
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Human Aspects of Urban Form: Towards a Man-Environment Approach to Urban Form and Design examines the way people perceive the city, the effects of urban forms on people, and the role of images. By adopting a man-environment approach, this book seeks to understand the importance of cities for human behavior or satisfaction. This text also considers the way given urban configurations fit people's psychological, cultural, and social needs. This book consists of six chapters and begins with an introduction to many of the concepts related to human dimensions of urban form and design. Urban design is discussed as the organization of space, time, meaning, and communication. The chapters that follow focus on the nature of the environment, cultural differences, role of values, and the concept of environmental perception as it is being used, along with the concept of image and schema. The three meanings of ""perception"" are then analyzed: the notion of environmental quality and preference as a