Environment and Culture

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Irwin Altman, Amos Rapoport, Joachim F. Wohlwill

   Pages 1-6

3. Cross-Cultural Aspects of Environmental Design

   • Amos Rapoport

   Pages 7-46

4. Cross-Cultural Research Methods

   • Richard W. Brislin

   Pages 47-82

5. Cultural Ecology and Individual Behavior

   • John W. Berry

   Pages 83-106

6. Personal Space, Crowding, and Spatial Behavior in a Cultural Context

   • John R. Aiello, Donna E. Thompson

   Pages 107-178

7. Territory in Urban Settings

   • Sidney N. Brower

   Pages 179-207

8. Culture and the Urban Stage

   • Miles Richardson

   Pages 209-241

9. Human Ecology as Human Behavior

   • John W. Bennett

   Pages 243-277

10. Natural Hazards

    • John H. Sorensen, Gilbert F. White

    Pages 279-318

11. Culture, Ecology, and Development

    • Ignacy Sachs

    Pages 319-343

12. Back Matter

    Pages 345-351

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Following upon the first two volumes in this series, which dealt with a broad spectrum of topics in the environment and behavior field, ranging from theoretical to applied, and including disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and professionally oriented approaches, we have chosen to devote sub­ sequent volumes to more specifically defined topics. Thus, Volume Three dealt with Children and the Environment, seen from the combined perspective of researchers in environmental and developmental psy­ chology. The present volume has a similarly topical coverage, dealing with the complex set of relationships between culture and the physical environment. It is broad and necessarily eclectic with respect to content, theory, methodology, and epistemological stance, and the contributors to it represent a wide variety of fields and disciplines, including psy­ chology, geography, anthropology, economics, and environmental de­ sign. We were fortunate to enlist the collaboration of Amos Rapoport in the organization and editing of this volume, as he brings to this task a particularly pertinent perspective that combines anthropology and ar­ chitecture. Volume Five of the series, presently in preparation, will cover the subject of behavioral science aspects of transportation. Irwin Altman Joachim F. Wohlwill ix Contents Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AMOS RAPOPORT Introduction 7 Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Environmental Design 10 The Relationship of Culture and Environmental Design . . . . . . . . . 15 The Variability of Culture-Environment Relations 19 Culture-Specific Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Designing for Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 30 Implications for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 CHAPTER 2 CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODS: STRATEGIES, PROBLEMS, ApPLICATIONS RICHARD W.

• European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)
• anthropology
• behavior
• children
• complex
• culture
• environment
• human behavior
• human ecology
• methodology
• organization
• organizations
• planning
• research
• research methods

• University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

  Irwin Altman

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

  Amos Rapoport

• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

  Joachim F. Wohlwill

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