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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors; 1 Introduction: Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life; 1.1 Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life; 1.2 Chapter Topics; 1.3 Perspectives; References; Part I People-Environment Relations and QoL
Environmental Quality and Well-Being; 2 Quality of Life and Sustainability: The End of Quality at Any Price; 2.1 QoL and Environmental Psychology: Antecedents and Evolution; 2.1.1 First Steps; 2.1.2 The Explicit Incorporation of Sustainability Into Environmental Psychology; 2.2 QoL and Happiness in QoL Literature
2.2.1 Concepts and Evolution2.2.2 The Happiness-Income Paradox; 2.2.3 Does Money Lead to Happiness?; 2.2.4 The World Happiness Reports; 2.3 Social Dynamics of the City, Sustainability and QoL; 2.3.1 Shrinking Cities; 2.3.2 The Sustainable City; 2.4 Sustainable Mobility and Walkability; 2.4.1 Sustainable Mobility; 2.4.2 Walkability; 2.5 From Empowerment to Learned Helplessness. Let's Not Be Naive; References; 3 Some Cues for a Positive Environmental PsychologyAgenda; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Towards a Positive Environmental Psychology; 3.3 The Socio-physical Conception of Space
3.4 The Physical Environment as a Source of Aesthetic Appreciation3.5 The Physical Environment as a Psychological Restorer; 3.6 The Physical Space as a Source of Identity and Attachment; 3.7 The Appropriation of Space as a Generator of Well-Being and Meaning; 3.8 Conclusions; References; 4 Linking People-Environment Research and Design. What Is Missing?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Looking Back to P-E Relations Research and Its Contribution to Design; 4.3 How Designers Work and Use People-Environment Knowledge; 4.3.1 On the Nature of Design; 4.3.2 Methods and Processes to Design with People in Mind
4.3.2.1 Building Evaluation4.3.2.2 Collaborative Design; 4.3.2.3 Evidence-Based Design; 4.3.2.4 Architectural and Urban Programming and Design Methods; 4.4 When and Why Did We Lose Track of Our Common Mission?; 4.5 New Avenues for Linking Design and Research; 4.6 Conclusion/Challenges; References; 5 Place Attachment, Sense of Belonging and the Micro-Politics of Place Satisfaction; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Quality of Life and People-Environment Studies; 5.2.1 Modeling Residential Satisfaction; 5.2.2 Place Satisfaction and People-Place Bonds; 5.3 The Discursive Framing of Environmental Evaluations
5.4 The Political Dimension of People-Environment Relations5.5 Common Epistemological Assumptions in the Psychology of Place; 5.6 Constructionism, Discursive Approach and Environmental Psychology; 5.7 Environmental Discourse, People-Place Bonds and the Politics of Place Evaluation; 5.7.1 Evaluations of Environmental "Naturalness"; 5.7.2 Place Identity and Environmental Satisfaction; 5.7.3 Place Attachment and Environmental Appraisals; 5.7.4 Socio-Spatial Trouble, Threatening Social Groups and Place Satisfaction; 5.8 Conclusion; References
Part II People-Environment Relations and QoL
Restorative Environments
Environmental Quality and Well-Being; 2 Quality of Life and Sustainability: The End of Quality at Any Price; 2.1 QoL and Environmental Psychology: Antecedents and Evolution; 2.1.1 First Steps; 2.1.2 The Explicit Incorporation of Sustainability Into Environmental Psychology; 2.2 QoL and Happiness in QoL Literature
2.2.1 Concepts and Evolution2.2.2 The Happiness-Income Paradox; 2.2.3 Does Money Lead to Happiness?; 2.2.4 The World Happiness Reports; 2.3 Social Dynamics of the City, Sustainability and QoL; 2.3.1 Shrinking Cities; 2.3.2 The Sustainable City; 2.4 Sustainable Mobility and Walkability; 2.4.1 Sustainable Mobility; 2.4.2 Walkability; 2.5 From Empowerment to Learned Helplessness. Let's Not Be Naive; References; 3 Some Cues for a Positive Environmental PsychologyAgenda; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Towards a Positive Environmental Psychology; 3.3 The Socio-physical Conception of Space
3.4 The Physical Environment as a Source of Aesthetic Appreciation3.5 The Physical Environment as a Psychological Restorer; 3.6 The Physical Space as a Source of Identity and Attachment; 3.7 The Appropriation of Space as a Generator of Well-Being and Meaning; 3.8 Conclusions; References; 4 Linking People-Environment Research and Design. What Is Missing?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Looking Back to P-E Relations Research and Its Contribution to Design; 4.3 How Designers Work and Use People-Environment Knowledge; 4.3.1 On the Nature of Design; 4.3.2 Methods and Processes to Design with People in Mind
4.3.2.1 Building Evaluation4.3.2.2 Collaborative Design; 4.3.2.3 Evidence-Based Design; 4.3.2.4 Architectural and Urban Programming and Design Methods; 4.4 When and Why Did We Lose Track of Our Common Mission?; 4.5 New Avenues for Linking Design and Research; 4.6 Conclusion/Challenges; References; 5 Place Attachment, Sense of Belonging and the Micro-Politics of Place Satisfaction; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Quality of Life and People-Environment Studies; 5.2.1 Modeling Residential Satisfaction; 5.2.2 Place Satisfaction and People-Place Bonds; 5.3 The Discursive Framing of Environmental Evaluations
5.4 The Political Dimension of People-Environment Relations5.5 Common Epistemological Assumptions in the Psychology of Place; 5.6 Constructionism, Discursive Approach and Environmental Psychology; 5.7 Environmental Discourse, People-Place Bonds and the Politics of Place Evaluation; 5.7.1 Evaluations of Environmental "Naturalness"; 5.7.2 Place Identity and Environmental Satisfaction; 5.7.3 Place Attachment and Environmental Appraisals; 5.7.4 Socio-Spatial Trouble, Threatening Social Groups and Place Satisfaction; 5.8 Conclusion; References
Part II People-Environment Relations and QoL
Restorative Environments