Download or read book People, Places, and Sustainability written by International Association for People-Environment Studies. Conference and published by Seattle ; Toronto : Hogrefe & Huber. This book was released on 2003 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of Contents Introduction Sustainability, people and places: An agenda for the future Urban Change and Sustainability Representation of the city and image of the center in two different urban structures: A modern and a traditional town bull; Social and architectural legibility of the city bull; City of Cent$. Formalization and urban change bull; Dubai: The search for identity bull; The significance of the memory of urban spaces bull; Village and community: Social models for sustainable urban development bull; Sustainable urban communities: History defying cultural conflict bull; The failure of man-environment studies in influencing design decisions Community, Attachment and Identity One attachment or more? bull; Cohousing as a basis for social connectedness and ecological sustainability bull; Tradition, change and continuity: A dialectical analysis of social and spatial patterns in home environments bull; Sustainable design: A question of community (visual) awareness bull; Accessibility or obstacles? Children's independent mobility and valuation of the outdoor environment bull; Ethnic food and ethnic enclaves bull; Unity or fragmentation: Is there a center in person-environment studies? Proximal and Specific Spaces Work and home: Spatial implications of income generation in the domestic setting bull; The influence of a specific urban planning on sonic environment bull; The predictors of the feeling of crowding and crampedness in large residential buildings bull; Post occupancy evaluation of university educational buildings bull; Social sustainability and changes in environments designed for young children: The caseof the French day-care centers bull; Occupational accident scenarios and work spaces in industrial environments Global Environment Issues and Ecological Behavior Overcoming expertocracy through sustainable development