ATTACHMENT TO RESIDENCE: AFFECT OF PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

8. Physical and social environment

Physical Theories and Their Social and Cultural Environment

Tihe problem of whether the cultural and social environ­ ment of natural sciences, physics in particular, can influ­ ence the structure of their theories is considered. It is ar­ gued that the structure of particular theories is often in­ fluenced by the environment however not in a direct way but through the scientific community itself in the process of its struggle to gain autonomy and respec...

Youth perceptions of how neighborhood physical environment and peers affect physical activity: a focus group study

OBJECTIVE There is need for a youth-informed conceptualization of how environmental and social neighborhood contexts influence physical activity. We assessed youths' perceptions of their neighborhood physical and peer environments as affecting physical activity. METHODS Thirty-three students (20 girls; ages 12-14 years) participated in focus groups about the physical environment and peers wit...

Social Uses of Communication Backchannels in a Shared Physical Environment

This paper analyzes the social uses of computer-mediated backchannel conversation in a shared physical environment, specifically the SIMS Backchannel—a virtual communication environment actively used by graduate students at the U.C. Berkeley School of Information. In this study, we follow seventy backchannel participants over eighteen months of persistent usage in an academic environment, durin...

The Explanation of the Attachment in Urban Environment based on Islamic Texts and Concepts

One of the reasons for the lack of sense of place and identity in urban environments is the lack of original ideas and human-oriented concepts of Islamic thoughts in the cities. Therefore, paying attention to the sense of place in the traditional environments and its extension to the today's neighborhoods is one of the most important requirements in designing residential environments. The main...