Book Reviews

Abstract

Abstract A Planner's Guide to Environmental Psychology: Review Essay An Introduction to Environmental Psychology William H. Ittelson, Harold M. Proshansky, Leanne G. Rivlin, and Gary H. Winkel. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, 1974. 406 pp. $10.50. Environmental Psychology: People and Their Settings, 2d ed. Harold M. Proshansky, William H. Ittelson, and Leanne G. Rivlin, eds. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, 1976. 632 pp. $13.95. Environmental Knowing: Theories, Research, and Methods PCXXX Gary T. Moore and Reginald G. Golledge, eds. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Stroudsburg, Pa., 1976. 441 pp. $32.50. Experiencing the Environment Seymour Wapner, Saul B. Cohen, and Bernard Kaplan, eds. Plenum Press, New York, 1976. 244 pp. $15.95. Urban Space for Pedestrians (A report of the Regional Plan Association) Boris S. Pushkarev and Jeffrey M. Zupan. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1975. 209 pp. $17.50. Neighborhood Space (Community Development Series no. 17) Randolph T. Hester, Jr. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, Pa., 1975. 287 pp. $30. Planning a Pluralist City: Conflicting Realities in Ciudad Guayana Donald Appleyard. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1976. 312 pp. $19.95. Environmental Interaction: Psychological Approaches to Our Physical Environment David Canter and Peter Stringer with I. Griffiths, P. Boyce, D. Walters, and C. Kenny; David Canter, ed. Surrey University Press, London, 1975. International Universities Press, New York, 1976. viii + 374 pp. $20. Living in Cities: Psychology and Urban Environment Charles Mercer. Penguin, Harmondsworth, England, and Baltimore, 1975. 240 pp. $2.95 (paperback). Public Places and Private Spaces: The Psychology of Work, Play, and Living Environments Albert Mehrabian. Basic Books, New York, 1976. xiii + 354 pp. $15.95. Behavioral Research Methods in Environmental Design (Community Development Series) William Michelson, ed. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsburg, Pa., 1975. ix + 307 pp. $25. (cloth), $12.50 (paperback). PCXXX Easter Hill Village: Some Social Implications of Design Clare C. Cooper. The Free Press, New York, 1975. 337 pp. $15.95. Architecture, Problems and Purposes: Architectural Design As a Basic Problem-Solving Process John W. Wade. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1976. 340 pp. $20. Human Aspects of Urban Form: Towards a Man-Environment Approach to Urban Form and Design Amos Rapoport. Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 1976. vii + 419 pp. $16. New Communities, U.S.A. PCXXX Raymond J. Burby 3d and Shirley F. Weiss, with Thomas G. Donnelly, Edward J. Kaiser, Robert B. Zehner, David F. Lewis, Norman H. Loewenthal, Mary Ellen McCalla, Barbara G. Rodgers, Helene V. Smookler. Lexington Books, D. C. Heath, Lexington, Mass., 1976. 595 pp. $25. Social Services Planning SeriesHuman Services Institute for Children and Families, Arlington, Va. Readings on Human Services Planning Gerald T. Horton, ed. 1975. 165 pp. $5.50. Alternative Approaches to Human Services Planning Gerald T. Horton. 1974. 139 pp. $5. Program Guidelines for a Planned Format for Title XX Social Services Planning E. D. Anderson and Joan H. Miller. 1975. 70 pp. $2.25 Needs Assessment in a Title XX State and Social Services Planning System George Cochran and E. D. Anderson. 1975. 33 pp. $1.25. Goal and Objective Setting in a Title XX State Social Services Planning System E. D. Anderson, Thomas K. Corish, and Joel l. Gottlieb. 1975. 36 pp. $1.25. Resource Allocation and the Budget Process in a Title XX State Social Services Planning System Joan H. Miller and E. D. Anderson. 1975. 29 pp. $1.25. Suggested Improvements in the State Planning System under Title XX E. D. Anderson and Joan H. Miller. 1975. 21 pp. $1.25. The Practitioner Viewpoint: An Exploration of Social Policy Planning Practice and Education; Part 1: The Study; Part 2: The Findings Susan A. Lieberman (Part 1) and Edward M. Bergman, George C. Hemmens, Susan A. Lieberman, and Robert M. Moroney (Part 2). Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1976. 152 and 128 pp., respectively. No charge (paperback). Urban Economic Problems Richard F. Muth. Harper and Row, New York, 1975. 402 pp. $14.95. Introduction to Regional Science PCXXX Walter Isard. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1975. 506 pp. $11.95. Computer Cartography: World-Wide Technology and Markets Eric Teicholz and Julius Dorfman, eds. International Technology Marketing, Newton, Mass., 1976. $375. Evaluation in the Planning Process, Volume 10, Urban and Regional Planning Series Nathaniel Lichfield, Peter Kettle, and Michael Whitbread. Pergamon Press, London and New York, 1975. 326 pp. $18.95 (cloth), $12.95 (paperback). The Costs of Sprawl, Volume 1: Executive Summary; Volume 2: Detailed Cost Analysis; Volume 3: Literature Review and Bibliography Real Estate Research Corporation. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1975. 15, 278, and 326 pp., respectively. $0.55, $2.90, and $3.25, respectively (all paperback). Nonmetropolitan Urban Housing: An Economic Analysis of Problems and Policies Michael A. Stegman and Howard J. Sumka. Ballinger, Cambridge, Mass., 1976. 305 pp. $16.50. The Urban Predicament William Gorham and Nathan Glazer, eds. The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., 1976. 364 pp, $4.95 (paperback). The Recovery of American Cities Pexxx Paul R. Porter. Sun River Press of Two Continents, New York, 1976. 213 pp. $8.95.