Navigating information space: Web site design and lessons from the built environment

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-24

  Benyon, David ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environments; Environmental psychology; Information space; Navigation; Urban planning; Web site design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866429280     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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