Summer Reading in Architecture and Design
Next fall I am teaching a new graduate theory course at Pratt Institute, and in the undergrad thesis research course I coordinated …
International Perspectives on Planning and Social Housing
It is estimated that 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2030 (World Health Organization, 2013), making it …
Waste and Sustainability
While ‘waste’ is hardly a new issue, one cannot overlook the continuously growing volume of waste and how it impedes ecological, economic, …
Representations of Children of War
This reading list concerns the representation of war-affected children. Here, the phrase war-affected refers to children who have been directly exposed to …
Production, Governance, and Lived Experience in Suburbia
There is extensive literature dealing with suburbia in the United States. In the 1950s, when massive suburbanization was undergoing, scholars and media …
Places and Spaces of Psychiatry
Environmental psychology, or a focus on transactions, interactions, and non-actions humans have with and within environments they are exposed to, was originally …
Neighborhoods and Mental Health
It is important that we study human behavior and well-being in these contexts and move away from the traditional laboratory research that …
Human-Coastal Environment Relations
This reading list is concerned with coastal environments as public space through an interdisciplinary lens. A consideration of the social construction of …
Education and Environmental Meaning
The study of environmental meaning and education, which seeks to strengthen and create better learning environments, has not been confined to a …
Children in Urban Environments
Children shape and are shaped by their micro and macro environments. Homes, neighborhoods, and institutions affect children’s health and wellbeing and structure …
