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Book review
doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.05.001
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Book review / Journal of Environmental Psychology 27 (2007) 252–253 253
The book also updates the first edition with reports of Landscape and Planning. It is a useful overview for anyone
newer studies and newer examples of physical traces, focused (designers, planners, policy makers, social scientists and
interviews, questionnaires, archival data as well as the new others, whether novices or experienced researchers) interested
sections on neuroscience, and a variety of different and new in conducting environment-behavior research or using such
studies and methods, such as GIS, focused walk-through research to improve places for people. It presents the basics
interviews, and archival data and questionnaires to find out for such research from planning the study to carrying it out to
the desired locations for cab drivers and streetwalkers. using the results. As such, it is a valuable addition to the field
Regrettably, while making the design research connection, for practitioners, educators, and students in EB and design;
the book does not discuss experiment design, multi-item scale and because of its unique stress on the physical environment,
construction, ethics in research, effect size, meta analysis, and it can inform other social scientists, and should be part of any
writing up the study. (I will carefully overlook a minor error introductory research methods course.
on pages 216 and 217, and 397, because I suspect it may
trouble me more than most readers. Hint: Nasar.) However,
used with a traditional social science research methods text,
which covers these areas, one can get a full understanding of Jack L. Nasar1
environment-behavior research and applications. City & Regional Planning, The Ohio State University,
I heartily recommend the revised Inquiry by Design: 275 W Woodruff, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, E-mail address: nasar.1@osu.edu
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Jack L. Nasar (FAICP) is a Professor of City & Regional Planning,
graduate faculty in Landscape Architecture, member of the Center for
Cognitive Science, and Criminal Justice Research Center at The Ohio
State University, and editor of Journal of Planning Literature. His research
centers on environmental meanings, cognition, and facility evaluation.
2006 saw the paperback release of his book, Design by Competition:
Making Design Competition Work. Other books in paperback include The
Evaluative Image of the City, and Environmental Aesthetics: Theory,
Research and Applications. He has two new edited books, Universal Design
and Visitability: From Accessibility to Zoning (edited with J. Evans-
Cowley) slated for release in April 2007, and Designing for Designers
(edited with W. F. E. Preiser and T. Fisher) slated for release in August
2007.