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This paper explains the research design and methodology for a study conducted on alterations made by people lived in urban houses in Malaysia. It begins with a brief review of literature on research approaches and methodology related to the study of the interaction between people and the environment, highlighting the area known as environment-behaviour (E-B) research. The literature had suggested that techniques of gathering data for studies on behaviour should be non-obtrusive in approach. Therefore, the generic questionnaire technique, for instance is not particularly appropriate. The review also found that many E-B studies have employed observational technique for data collection quite extensively. Some related works recently undertaken are briefly described in this paper. The floor plans analysis technique is another option which had been used to investigate behavioural phenomena. This relatively simple technique, by far, had not seemed to be taken further. The work reported in ...
The International Journal Of Environmental Science & Sustainable Development.
The Impact of Built Environment on Human Behaviors2017 •
This study discusses the relationship between the physical environment and the behavior of its inhabitants in traditional cities (The Old City of al-Quds). It analyses the effects of a particular physical environment on the different aspects of the lives of its people as well as their interactive influence and changes of the features of the environment within which they are living. The built environment should adapt to their different needs in this rapidly changing era of technological revolution in order to understand how does that old urban fabric, which was originally formed as a reflection and translation to a past culture, emphasizes the importance of utilizing the knowledge of human behavior while designing built environments. It also discusses the role of architects in the psychological space design and formation of appropriate and inappropriate behavioral patterns. This study mainly aims to shed light on housing in the Old City of al-Quds in particular, a city that has witnessed continues decline in its standards and requirements of living in terms of the functional, social, educational psychological and health aspects of the population in order to examine the relationship between the population and the physical environment. This is done by analyzing the specific architectural style of the housing environment with its particular formation, elements, and characteristics, and their influence on the people's traditions, values, social relations. The study concludes that the existing situation of the residential environment in the old city has lost much of its cultural values that forms the link between the cultural and social identity of the inhabitants and the architectural style of the physical fabric of housing. It also shows that the reality of its existing situation has a negative impact on residents' characteristics and on their different life issues. While sometimes keeping part of the original features, the study recommends that upgrading housing use within the old city in Al-Quds, is one of the most important factors not only to save the old city, but also to revive the cultural values associated with our cultural heritage and national identity. This could be achieved by applying various programs among people to support them, promote their living conditions, raise awareness, and strengthen their national affiliation. This will also lead to reversing the decline in historic monuments that are closely linked not only to the peoples' own civilization, but also to their historic rights in this land.
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
People and Urban Space in Medan: An environment behaviour approach2016 •
The paper means to explore how people use and perceive the shop house corridor as the most built environment found in Medan, Indonesia. The research observed the adaptation and or adjustment pattern of people in their built environment. The study did an interview with users of the space to get people perception of the built environment quality. The result indicates that people used space mostly for market activities, in particular for the mobile street vendor. The users make some adaptation to fit their needs. They “divided” urban space and mark their territory based on the “unwritten agreement” and tolerance.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Ma...
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Environmental behavior analysis of social housing units in Surabaya, Indonesia2020 •
2017 •
Arguably, one of the most crucial purposes of designing buildings is to generate form that can satisfy the various needs (both functional needs and aesthetic/ artistic/ visual ones) of the occupants. Often building designers end up making assumption-based decisions about needs of people and the built-environment that can best fulfill these requirements, without arduous scientific decision-making process. Hence, many a times they don’t serve the intended purposes. Further, the buildings so designed and constructed are not assessed to evaluate their actual performance. Thus sometimes professional training can create a wide gap between what most people think about the built environment with that of the architects. Researchers have shown that making design decisions based on the needs, preferences, perceptions, and values of the inhabitants can create more satisfying results. To holistically address this issue (of bridging the gap between what people want and what is being designed by a...
Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies
Behavioural Adaptation of Malay Families and Housing Modification of Terrace Houses in Malaysia2018 •
This paper examines the behavioural adaptation of Malay families living in terrace houses with regards to the activity system, privacy and social interaction among Malay families and terrace housing modißcation. 7he study uses case studies of 11 Malay families living in the three-bedroom two-storey terrace houses in two urban locations in Malaysia. Findings indicate that behavioural adaptation resulted in changes in some aspects of the Malay culture and housing modißcations prouided a more supportiue living environment but have adverse effects on individual family and housing community due to the constraints of the terrace housing design. Keywords: behauioural adaptation; housing modißcation; priuacy; social interaction. eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AM...
Residential environments are constantly changing. Permanent Changes in the physical properties and residents' constant contact with the never-ending cycle of construction is particularly important in assessing the quality of the residential environment by them. On the other hand, understanding how physical changes lead to interruption, or vice versa residents' effective link with the environment, to assess the quality of the residential environment is essential. However, controlling the type and speed of physical changes in resident's satisfaction have not been enough attention from policymakers in urban neighborhoods. Similarities and differences between the effective indices of residents' affective appraisal in terms of satisfaction scale pace of physical changes, is the main question of this research. The aim of this research is achieving a theoretical framework for understanding the adaptation process and residents' satisfaction with physical changes at different magnitude at residential alleys. Therefore, knowing how the type and intensity of physical changes identify by residents and their affective appraisals, is beneficial for understanding the complex process of adaptation and the factors influencing it. This mixed and exploratory research combined with qualitative and quantitative data gathering techniques such as interviews and morphological surveys over the last twenty years. Field of study was alleys of Niavaran neighborhood in north of Tehran. Qualitative phase of research, provide the question's exploration, data analysis by phenomenological interpretive research method and result's space in low, medium, high and transformed pace of physical changes. The Likert Scale in five point scale questionnaire used to assess the validity and reliability of the results in the main and control alleys and purposive sampling was conducted.Using SPSS software, variance analysis and validation of questions in each species, Post-hoc analysis (LSD) and comparative analysis of six factor of the conceptual framework was done by Kruskal-Wallis test. The results of research approved the experience and affective appraisal criteria in the theoretical framework. But the satisfaction criteria shows significant differences at different speeds. Based on results, evaluation criteria and residents' satisfaction in transformed alleys become different from the other cases. Because of the qualitative nature of getting resident's experience in different environments. It's running in the same neighborhoods can be a good background for meta-analysis studies and achieve a theoretical framework responsive to the same conditions of the Tehran metro polis.
2019 •
Statements of problem: The presence of people in urban areas with the aim of "being in space" is one of the components contributing to vitality of urban spaces, which leads to the promotion of social relationships, the increase of natural security, the sense of belonging to the place by increasing the possibility of occurrence of individual and collective memories and reducing the crime rate in the city. Finding the right solution to find the basis for the design of spaces is a problem that has been particularly striking urban architects and designers in recent years and refers to the necessity of this research. The lack of non-mental methods that can be used to study and analyze behaviors in space, both in architecture and in urban planning, is quite tangible. Goal: The purpose of the present research is to explain the forms of occurrence and behavioral patterns in urban spaces. By studying one of the important urban spaces of Tehran, Tajrish Square, we try to provide a comprehensive analysis based on the recognition of behavioral patterns in this urban space. The main question of this research is about the relation of various dimensions of urban space with the formation of behavioral patterns. Other questions are also raised, including: What are the different dimensions, criteria, and indicators of urban space affecting behavioral patterns? What is the impact of different dimensions, criteria, and indicators mentioned on occurrence of different behaviors of citizens in the urban space, and in particular in Tajrish square? Research method: For the analysis of urban spaces, Tajrish Square has been selected as an urban space with high level of actions and diverse activities. Qualitative analysis and observation using behavioral mapping techniques, interviews, and photo analysis were conducted to assess the status and to answer the research questions. Conclusion: In this research it is proved that various behavioral patterns including walking, standing and sitting is under the influence of three main components of functional-activity (including indicators of variability of land use, type of activity, public activity and type of Urban sidewall), environmental-physical (including indicators of passages and access roads, flexibility, facilities and services, valuable perspectives and visual qualities) and cultural-social (including indicators of social presence features and social interactions). Behavioral patterns are heavily influenced by land use and presenting amenities in urban spaces that encourage citizens to develop different behavioral patterns. The visual qualities are one of the important criteria for making communication between strangers in the urban space and the indicator of selective activities in inspecting the criteria of social interactions is strengthened or weakened by environmental conditions.
Near Half a century is passed from the emergence of modernity’s aspects in the way of building houses in Iran. With long time passing from the life of this experience, the pattern of residential complexes development did not change much compared to the beginning and its results can be seen in the design quality and satisfaction of residents from space. Clearly land’s expensiveness as well as adequate knowledge and lack of awareness are main reasons in the poor quality of design. Outdoor space in this type of development was under fundamental changes, so that the type of ownership, access and size of this space gained a different nature that have not been known clearly and poor environment quality is its main consequence. The scope of this paper is to recognize divergences resulting –in environment quality- from residential complexes construction in Iran. For this goal, at the beginning some main concerns related to environment quality is explained, and then related issues are examined. At last, the quality of open spaces in residential complexes in Tehran, the capital of Iran, is discussed. In order to succeed to this objective, data have been derived from 235 cases in four residential complexes by means of a questionnaire including 54 questions, and results of this survey were evaluated by Chronbach’s Alpha and the percentage values were calculated by frequencies of the answers. It is concluded that the residents are not adequately satisfied by the quality of open environment provided by their housing units.
A Wicked Vestal: Subverting the Androcentric Imaginaries of the Smart Home
A Wicked Vestal: Subverting the Androcentric Imaginaries of the Smart Home2024 •
Antonio Frova: archeologo e maestro. Atti della giornata in ricordo di Antonio Frova, Milano, 25 maggio 2009. Centro Studi Lunensi Quaderno n.s. 6
Antonio Frova e l'architettura romana nell'Italia settentrionale2012 •
Archäologie in Deutschland
Zeiler 2023 – Untertageverlagerung im Tunnel – AiD2020 •
Journal of Soil Science
Effect of liming on extractable Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn in selected Scottish soils1986 •
2024 •
Advancements in agricultural development
Predicting teachers’ intent to use inquiry-based learning in the classroom after a professional development2023 •
Studia Lednickie
Zobaczyć niewidzialne. Program dla osób z dysfunkcją wzroku realizowany na Ostrowie Lednickim2018 •
British Journal of Dermatology
Dysfunctional coping is related to impaired skin‐related quality of life and psychological distress in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 with major skin involvement2019 •
Emerging science journal
The Nexus of Covid-19 and Behavioral Intentions of University Students Towards Online Education2024 •