Environmental Design Perspectives : Viewpoints on the Profession, Education and Research (Paperback)

Preface;  Introduction;  Part 1: Education;  1. Change/Challenge/Response: The Continuing Experiment in Education for Environmental Design at VPI  2. Designing for Two Years  3. Professional Division at VPI: An Operational Model  4. New Directions in Urban Research and Development  5. Planning Education: With or Without Emphasis on Plan Supplementation  6. The Possible Significance of the Student Revolt in Italy  7. The Undergraduate Man-Environment Studies Course at Sydney;  Part 2: Profession;  8. Personal Experiences  9. Designing a Library for VPI  10. Some Notes on Collaboration  11. A Conceptual Framework for Architectural Programming: An Emphasis on a System of Inquiry  12. Thoughts on the Future of Transportation and the Built Environment  13. America’s Outdoor Recreation Movement: An Adult, White, Middleclass Subsidy?  14. Design Appraisal: Notes on the Social and Political Context of Design  15. Computers, Architecture and Economics of Scale  16. Building Systems: Mass Production for the Building Industry  17. Virginia Tech’s Involvement in Statewide Environmental and Urban Growth Policy;  Part 3: Research;  18. Man-Environment Research and Environmental Design: Design Principles Based on Spatial Behaviour  19. The State of the Art in Design Methods: More Questions than Answers  20. Animal Behaviour Studies and Environmental Design: Dr. Calhoun’s Laboratories at NIMH  21. Optimization of Choice in a Semi-Structured Physical Environment: A Model of Environmental Design  22. Planning Information Systems: Prospects and Problems  23. Towards a Transformational Approach to Urban History: A Tentative Framework for Using Historical Explanation in Urban Design  24. Environmental Design Needs Empathy to Combat Pollution;  Contributors;  Footnotes and References;  Author Index