Home Environments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Temporal Aspects of Homes

   • Carol M. Werner, Irwin Altman, Diana Oxley

   Pages 1-32

3. Home and Homelessness

   • Kimberly Dovey

   Pages 33-64

4. Experience and Use of the Dwelling

   • Perla Korosec-Serfaty

   Pages 65-86

5. The Ritual Establishment of Home

   • David G. Saile

   Pages 87-111

6. A More Humane History of Homes

   • Roderick J. Lawrence

   Pages 113-132

7. The House as Symbol of Social Structure

   • James S. Duncan

   Pages 133-151

8. A Conceptual Framework for Residential Satisfaction

   • Sue Weidemann, James R. Anderson

   Pages 153-182

9. Home and Near-Home Territories

   • Ralph B. Taylor, Sidney Brower

   Pages 183-212

10. Continuity and Change in the Tswana’s House and Settlement Form

    • Graeme J. Hardie

    Pages 213-236

11. Understanding Mobility in America

    • Sally A. Shumaker, Gerald J. Conti

    Pages 237-253

12. Thinking about Home Environments

    • Amos Rapoport

    Pages 255-286

13. The Role of Housing in the Experience of Dwelling

    • Susan Saegert

    Pages 287-309

14. Transnational Housing Policies

    • Elizabeth D. Huttman

    Pages 311-331

15. Back Matter

    Pages 333-339

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The present volume in the series focuses on homes, residences, and dwellings. Although many fields have had a long-standing interest in different aspects of home environments, the topic has recently come to the forefront in the interdisciplinary environment and behavior field. Researchers and theorists from many disciplines have begun to meet regularly, share ideas and perspectives, and move the investigation of psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of home environments to the central arena of environment and behavior studies. This volume representative-though not comprehensive­ attempts to provide a sampling of contemporary perspectives on the study of home environments. As in previous volumes, the authors are drawn from a variety of disciplines, including environmental design fields of architecture and planning, and from the social science fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and history. This diversity of authors and perspectives makes salient the principle that the study of homes in relation to behav­ ior requires the contributions of many disciplines. Moreover, the chap­ ters in this volume reflect an array of research and theoretical view­ points, different scales of home environments (e.g., objects and areas, the home as a whole, the home as embedded in neighborhood and communities, etc.), design and policy issues, and, necessarily, a com­ parative and cross-cultural perspective. Home environments are at the core of human life in most cultures, and it is hoped that the contributions to this volume display the excite­ ment, potential, and importance of research and theory on homes.

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  Irwin Altman

• Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

  Carol M. Werner

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