Human Factors in Land Use Planning and Urban Design : Methods, Practical Guidance, and Applications / Nicholas J. Stevens, Paul M. Salmon, Guy H. Walker, Neville A. Stanton.

"This book furthers the role of human factors methods in land use planning and urban design that was recognised by Stevens and Salmon in 2014. At a simplistic level the issues found in both discipline areas are one and the same: the design of the environment brings about emergent behaviours tha...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Authors: Stevens, Nicholas J. (Author), Salmon, Paul M. (Author), Walker, Guy H. (Author), Stanton, Neville A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: CRC Press, 2018.
Edition:1st
Series:Human factors and socio-technical systems.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHORS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN FACTORS METHODS IN LAND USE PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN; 1.1 What Is Human Factors?; 1.2 What Is a Human Factors Problem?; 1.3 Cities as Complex Systems; 1.4 Human Factors and Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 1.5 Human Factors Methods; 1.5.1 When to Apply the Methods; 1.6 Scientist or Practitioner?; 1.7 Reliability and Validity; 1.8 Which Method to Use?; 1.9 Using the Book; CHAPTER 2: DATA COLLECTION METHODS; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Interviews.
  • 2.1.2 Questionnaires2.1.3 Observation; 2.2 Interviews; 2.2.1 Background and Applications; 2.2.2 Focus Group; 2.2.3 Question Types; 2.2.4 Domain of Application; 2.2.5 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 2.2.6 Procedure and Advice (Semistructured Interview); 2.2.7 Advantages; 2.2.8 Disadvantages; 2.2.9 Approximate Training and Application Times; 2.2.10 Reliability and Validity; 2.2.11 Tools Needed; 2.2.12 Flowchart; 2.2.13 Recommended Text(s); 2.3 Questionnaires; 2.3.1 Background and Applications; 2.3.2 Domain of Application.
  • 2.3.3 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design2.3.4 Procedure and Advice; 2.3.5 Advantages; 2.3.6 Disadvantages; 2.3.7 Flowchart; 2.3.8 Approximate Training and Application Times; 2.3.9 Reliability and Validity; 2.3.10 Tools Needed; 2.3.11 Example; 2.3.12 Recommended Text(s); 2.4 Observation; 2.4.1 Background and Applications; 2.4.2 Domain of Application; 2.4.3 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 2.4.4 Procedure and Advice; 2.4.5 Flowchart; 2.4.6 Advantages; 2.4.7 Disadvantages; 2.4.8 Related Methods; 2.4.9 Approximate Training and Application Times.
  • 2.4.10 Reliability and Validity2.4.11 Tools Needed; 2.4.12 Recommended Text(s); CHAPTER 3: TASK ANALYSIS METHODS; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Hierarchical Task Analysis; 3.2.1 Background and Applications; 3.2.2 Domain of Application; 3.2.3 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 3.2.4 Procedure and Advice; 3.2.5 Advantages; 3.2.6 Disadvantages; 3.2.7 Related Methods; 3.2.8 Approximate Training and Application Times; 3.2.9 Reliability and Validity; 3.2.10 Tools Needed; 3.2.11 Example; 3.2.12 Flowchart; 3.3 Verbal Protocol Analysis; 3.3.1 Background and Applications.
  • 3.3.2 Domain of Application3.3.3 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 3.3.4 Procedure and Advice; 3.3.5 Example; 3.3.6 Advantages; 3.3.7 Disadvantages; 3.3.8 Related Methods; 3.3.9 Approximate Training and Application Times; 3.3.10 Reliability and Validity; 3.3.11 Tools Needed; 3.3.12 Flowchart; 3.3.13 Recommended Text(s); 3.4 Task Decomposition; 3.4.1 Background and Applications; 3.4.2 Domain of Application; 3.4.3 Application in Land Use Planning and Urban Design; 3.4.4 Procedure and Advice; 3.4.5 Advantages; 3.4.6 Disadvantages; 3.4.7 Example; 3.4.8 Related Methods.