What Americans build and why : psychological perspectives / Ann Sloan Devlin.
What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans' built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans' built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to the way Americans live their lives and how their way of life is fundamentally shaped by the highway system, cheap land, and incentives. This book is timely because although Americans say they crave community, they continue to construct buildings, such as McMansions and big box stores, that make creating community a challenge. Furthermore, in many ways the movement toward teleworking, discussed in the chapter on office environments, also challenges the traditional place-based formation of community. Although focused on the United States, the book also includes reference to other parts of the world, especially regarding the retail environment. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511789397 0511789394 9780511777776 0511777779 9786612724961 661272496X 9780511786792 0511786794 1107206588 9781107206588 1282724967 9781282724969 0511788665 9780511788666 0511785658 9780511785658 0511787936 9780511787935 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511777776 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |