scholarly journals The social dimensions of space in school environment

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-314
Author(s):  
Milan Tanic ◽  
Danica Stankovic ◽  
Vojislav Nikolic ◽  
Aleksandra Kostic
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
School Children ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patterns Of Behavior ◽  
Social And Physical Environment ◽  
Dimensions Of Space

Children?s patterns of behavior in the school environment, conditioned by various levels of individual or group needs, represent the basic modalities of their relationship towards the immediate, both social and physical, environment. This paper studies the connection between the behavior of school children, whose relationships with their given social environment can take various forms, and certain spatial characteristics of elementary schools. The results indicate that there is a need to achieve a balanced relationship between a strictly defined and an open form of the physical environment in order to create conditions in which school children will express their current orientation and attitude toward their immediate social environment through their behavior in that particular physical environment. This includes the organization of a dynamic and shifting environment, spatial planning which needs to enable a greater degree of privacy in certain zones and the organization of spatial flow which enables adequate visual communication between the school children and the flexible structure of the space meant for education.

scholarly journals The Effect of the Social and Physical Environment on Children’s Independent Mobility to Neighborhood Destinations

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (s1) ◽  
pp. S84-S93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley E. Christian ◽  
Charlotte D. Klinker ◽  
Karen Villanueva ◽  
Matthew W. Knuiman ◽  
Sarah A. Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Independent Mobility ◽  
Large Size ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social And Physical Environment ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
The Impact

Background:Relationships between context-specific measures of the physical and social environment and children’s independent mobility to neighborhood destination types were examined.Methods:Parents in RESIDE’s fourth survey reported whether their child (8–15 years; n = 181) was allowed to travel without an adult to school, friend’s house, park and local shop. Objective physical environment measures were matched to each of these destinations. Social environment measures included neighborhood perceptions and items specific to local independent mobility.Results:Independent mobility to local destinations ranged from 30% to 48%. Independent mobility to a local park was less likely as the distance to the closest park (small and large size) increased and less likely with additional school grounds (P < .05). Independent mobility to school was less likely as the distance to the closest large park increased and if the neighborhood was perceived as unsafe (P < .05). Independent mobility to a park or shops decreased if parenting social norms were unsupportive of children’s local independent movement (P < .05).Conclusions:Independent mobility appears dependent upon the specific destination being visited and the impact of neighborhood features varies according to the destination examined. Findings highlight the importance of access to different types and sizes of urban green space for children’s independent mobility to parks.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents’ dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position

Appetite ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 105070
Author(s):  
Hanne Hennig Havdal ◽  
Elisabeth Fosse ◽  
Mekdes Kebede Gebremariam ◽  
Jeroen Lakerveld ◽  
Onyebuchi A. Arah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Position ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

scholarly journals The subjective wellbeing of migrants in Guangzhou, China: The impacts of the social and physical environment

Cities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 333-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuqi Liu ◽  
Fangzhu Zhang ◽  
Fulong Wu ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Zhigang Li
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

scholarly journals Los determinantes de la satisfacción residencial en México / Determinants of residential satisfaction in Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Alejandra Martínez Ibarra ◽  
Jorge Ibarra Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Residential Satisfaction ◽  
Satisfaction Survey ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Housing Characteristics ◽  
The Social

En este artículo analizamos los determinantes de la satisfacción residencial en México a partir de los resultados de la Encuesta de Satisfacción Residencial 2013. Los datos están agregados en 512 conjuntos habitacionales. Estimamos diferentes especificaciones por mínimos cuadrados generalizados para relacionar el índice de satisfacción residencial con variables independientes agrupadas en: características personales, aspectos económicos de la vivienda, medio ambiente físico, medio ambiente social, características de la vivienda, y localización y proximidad. Encontramos que las variables relacionadas con el medio ambiente físico y el medio ambiente social ayudan a explicar las variaciones en la satisfacción residencial promedio entre los conjuntos habitacionales en México. Estos hallazgos indican áreas de oportunidad para la política de vivienda que pueden mejorar el bienestar de los residentes.AbstractIn this paper, we analyze the determinants of residential satisfaction in Mexico on the basis of the results of the Residential Satisfaction Survey 2013. The data are aggregated into 512 housing complexes. We estimate different specifications generalized by least squares to link the rate of residential satisfaction to independent variables grouped into personal characteristics, economic aspects of the dwelling, physical environment, social environment, housing characteristics and location and proximity. We found that the variables related to the physical environment and the social environment account for the variations in average residential satisfaction in housing complexes in Mexico. These findings indicate areas of opportunity for housing policy that could improve residents’ well-being.

scholarly journals Participation and the social and physical environment of residential blocks: Crime and community context

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas D. Perkins ◽  
Paul Florin ◽  
Richard C. Rich ◽  
Abraham Wandersman ◽  
David M. Chavis
Keyword(s):  
Physical Environment ◽  
Community Context ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

Can the Variation Be Explained Away?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamler Sommers
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Evolution Of Cooperation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Empirical Assumption ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Social And Physical Environment

The success of defending universalist or objectivist theories of moral responsibility rests on a crucial empirical assumption. Specifically, the assumption that under ideal conditions of rationality human beings would come to share considered intuitions about moral responsibility regardless of their physical and social environment. This chapter raises serious doubts about the plausibility of this assumption by examining the origins of these intuitive differences and the psychological mechanisms that underlie them. It reviews recent theories in the evolution of cooperation, which suggest that a wide variety of norms may emerge as a response to the different features of a culture's social and physical environment. It then appeals to theories about the psychology of norm acquisition to argue that variation in norms about responsibility is grounded in cognitive mechanisms associated with emotional responses and intuitions about deservingness. It concludes that it is unlikely that we would ever reach agreement about the criteria of moral responsibility—even under ideal conditions of rationality.

Brains in bodies in the—social, built, and natural—environment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-72
Author(s):  
Michael A. Arbib
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Neural Circuitry ◽  
Action Perception ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Physical Environment ◽  
Physical Construction

Each brain enlivens a body in interaction with the social and physical environment. Peter Zumthor’s Therme at Vals exemplifies the interplay of interior with surroundings, and ways the actions of users fuse with their multimodal experience. The action–perception cycle includes both practical and contemplative actions. The author analyzes what Louis Sullivan meant by “form ever follows function,” but more often talks of aesthetics and utility. Not only are action, perception, and emotion intertwined, but so are remembering and imagination. Architectural design leads to the physical construction of buildings—but much of what our brains achieve can be seen as a form of mental construction. A first look at neuroscience offers schema theory as a bridge from cognitive processes to neural circuitry. Some architects fear that neuroscience will strip the architect of any creativity. In counterpoint, two-way reduction explores how neuroscience can “dissect” phenomenology by showing how first-person experiences arise from melding diverse subconscious processes. This raises the possibility that neuroscience can extend the effectiveness of architectural design by showing how different aspects of a building may affect human experience in ways that are not apparent to self-reflection.

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