University of Sydney, Australia This review paper draws together some ideas emerging from
recent research and development activity in the field of 'design for learning'. It explores the …

Learning space research is a relatively new field of study that seeks to inform the design,
evaluation and management of learning spaces. This paper reviews a dispersed and …

In 1965, the architect and design theorist Christopher Alexander published a landmark
theoretical critique of modern urban design, and by extension, modern design in general …

Life Takes Place argues that, even in our mobile, hypermodern world, human life is
impossible without place. Seamon asks the question: why does life take place? He draws on …

As a phenomenologist, I face a dilemma in contributing to a volume on place attachment,
which can be defined as the emotional bonds between people and a particular place or …

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

The modern discipline of urban morphology gives us a ground for the comparative analysis
of cities, which increasingly includes specific quantitative elements. In this paper, we make a …

In this chapter, I draw on phenomenological and related qualitative research to consider
aspects of places and place experience that contribute to place attachment, which I define …

The debate over the value of the image of a city, which since the 1960s has been gaining
wider room for reflection, has arisen as a criticism against the reductionism of the Modern …

The utilisation of the ecospace and the change in diversity through time has been suggested
to be due to the effect of niche partitioning, as a global long-term pattern in the fossil record …