Housing, Space And Quality Of Life

The relationship between housing, space, and quality of life in the context of the physical, psychological, and social aspects of urban life is addressed by scholars in disciplines ranging from architecture and psychology to marketing and hotel management. Their topics include the perception of urban space by pedestrians and automobile passengers; the transfer process of self-built houses in environmental protection areas in the region of Campinas, Brazil; theoretical and methodological challenges to assessing the acceptability of alternative cladding materials in housing; how immigration impacts the quality of life in a small town; applying the stated preference approach to student preferences for university accommodation; and the home as a territorial system. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)