On shape and spaciousness

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-548

  Stamps III, Arthur E ^a  

^a Institute of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective responses; Environmental cognition; Evolutionary theory; Safety; Spatial geometry

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PUBLIC SPACE; SAFETY;

EID: 67649622673     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916508317931     Document Type: Article

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