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Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research

Toward a Transactional Approach

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Editors:
  1. Seymour Wapner

    1. Clark University, Worcester, USA

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  2. Jack Demick

    1. Suffolk University, Boston, USA

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  3. Takiji Yamamoto

    1. The Japanese Institute of Health Psychology, Tokyo, Japan

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  4. Takashi Takahashi

    1. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Seymour Wapner, Jack Demick, Takiji Yamamoto, Takashi Takahashi
      Pages 1-11

  3. Physical Aspects of the Person

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Visual Perception in Elderly Persons with Dementia

      • Kei Adachi
      Pages 15-23

    3. Dwelling Design Guidelines for Accessibility in the Aging Society

      • Satoshi Kose
      Pages 25-42

    4. Urban Housing and the Elderly

      • Takashi Takahashi
      Pages 43-50

    5. Quality of Life in Japanese Older Adults

      • Hisao Osada
      Pages 51-57

    6. A Study on a Relocation of a Nursing Home for Blind Older Adults

      • Takiji Yamamoto, Toshihiro Hanazato
      Pages 59-80

  4. Psychological Aspects of the Person

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Body and Self Experience

      • Jack Demick, Shinji Ishii, Wataru Inoue
      Pages 83-99

    3. Cross-Cultural Survey on Color Preferences in Three Asian Cities

      • Ichiro Soma, Miho Saito
      Pages 101-112

    4. Mode of Being in Places

      • Takeshi Suzuki
      Pages 113-129

  5. Sociocultural Aspects of the Person

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Urban Renewal and the Elderly

      • Hirofumi Minami
      Pages 133-148

    3. Integrating Environmental Factors into Multidimensional Analysis

      • William Michelson
      Pages 149-159

  6. Physical Aspects Of The Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Experiencing Japanese Gardens

      • Ryuzo Ohno, Tomohiro Hata, Miki Kondo
      Pages 163-182

    3. Preference for Trees on Urban Riverfronts

      • Yoichi Kubota
      Pages 183-198

    4. Landscape Values

      • Ervin H. Zube
      Pages 199-208

    5. Environmental Transition and Natural Disaster

      • Masami Kobayashi, Ken Miura, Norio Maki
      Pages 209-234
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About this book

This volume is an outgrowth of research on the relations between human beings and their environments, which has developed internationally. This development is evident in environment-behavior research studies conducted in countries other than the United States. See Stokols and Altman (1987) for examples of such work in Australia, Japan, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United King­ dom, the former Soviet Union, and Latin and North America. The international development of this research area is also evident in the establishment of profes­ sional organizations in different countries such as the Environment-Behavior De­ sign Research Association (EDRA) in the United States, the Man-Environment Research Association (MERA) in Japan, the International Association for People-En­ vironment Studies (lAPS) in Great Britain, and the People and Physical Environ­ ment Research Association (PAPER) in Australia. This volume focuses on environment-behavior research within Japan and the United States as well as cross-cultural studies involving both countries. As we note in detail in Chapter 1, the conference on which the work presented herein is based was preceded by three Japan-United States conferences on environment-behavior research, the first of which took place in Tokyo in 1980. As currently conceived, the present volume stands alone as a compendium of a Significant proportion of cross-cultural research on environment-behavior relations in Japan and the United States that has been developing over the last 15 years. As such, we envision the volume as a basic interdisciplinary reference for anthropolgists, archi­ tects, psychologists, SOCiologists, urban planners, and environmental geographers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Clark University, Worcester, USA

    Seymour Wapner

  • Suffolk University, Boston, USA

    Jack Demick

  • The Japanese Institute of Health Psychology, Tokyo, Japan

    Takiji Yamamoto

  • University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Takashi Takahashi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Japan-United States Environment-Behavior Research

  • Book Subtitle: Toward a Transactional Approach

  • Editors: Seymour Wapner, Jack Demick, Takiji Yamamoto, Takashi Takahashi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0286-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45340-3Published: 30 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0288-7Published: 18 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0286-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 456

  • Topics: Ecology, Environmental Management, Community and Environmental Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

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