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…
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…
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),…
Waste and Sustainability
While ‘waste’ is hardly a new issue, one cannot overlook the continuously growing volume of waste and how it impedes…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Human-Coastal Environment Relations
This reading list is concerned with coastal environments as public space through an interdisciplinary lens. A consideration of the social…
Education and Environmental Meaning
The study of environmental meaning and education, which seeks to strengthen and create better learning environments, has not been confined…
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…
Participatory Action Research
Writing in the wake of Nelson Mandela’s passing, the anti-apartheid wisdom of “nothing about us, without us, is for us,”…
