Teaching Areas

[ Teaching Interests  | Classes Taught | Dissertations and Theses Supervised ]

Teaching Interests

Environmental perception, meaning, aesthetics, crime and environment, urban design, neighborhood planning, post-occupancy evaluation, and architectural programming

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Classes Taught

C&RP 732

Urban Planning and Urban Form: Psychological Functions (Autumn)

Urban planning for the organization and character of the physical environment as significant variables in psychological processes basic to effective individual functioning; emphasis on implications for urban design. Sample Syllabus

C&RP 733

  		Urban Planning and Urban Form: Social Functions (Winter)

Urban planning for the organization and character of the physical environment as significant variables in social processes basic to effective individual functioning; emphasis on implications for urban design.Sample Syllabus

C&RP 734

 Research and Analytic Methods for Urban Designers (Autumn)

Use of social science research methods in assisting the urban designer in problem formulation, search, prediction, evaluation, and choice. [SidewalkPowerpoint]

C&RP 735

  		 Programming Environments for Urban Use [Final Report]

Introduction to user-oriented environment programming and post-occupany evaluation for planners and designers; application of several methods for specifying the characteristics required of an environmental setting to support user behavior. Sample Syllabus

C&RP 746

 

 Managing the Urban Spatial Enviroment: Regulatory Techniques

Physical planning, environmental and urban-design and implementation in central city and suburban settings; emphasis on innovative regulatory approaches.

 

C&RP 851 

Urban Precinct Planning [Final Report]

Preparation of detailed physical development plans for a small section of a city. Prerequisite: 745 or 762 or permission of instructor. Sample Syllabus

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Dissertations & Theses Supervised

DISSERTATIONS

2003. Reasoned action versus planned behavior in bus use. Puspa Joshi

1999. The primacy of affect in environmental response : identifying environmental preferences using experimental priming with optimal and suboptimal stimulus exposures. Margaret, S. Grannis.

1998. Children's perception of urban waterfronts and their responses to them: Emotional reactions and perceived opportunities for activities. Anli Ataov.

1995. Visual Features and Emotional Responses to Residential Neighborhoods. Kazunori Hanyu

1990. Symbolic Inferences and Typicality in Five Taste Cultures. Jun-mo. Kang.

THESES

2002. Perceptions of safety and the rights to space: Limitations and strategic responses. Sarah Irene Starkweather, City & Regional Planning and Geography. Winner Best Thesis Award, C&RP.

2002. Urban mixed-use developments a case study: The Arena District, Columbus, OH. Russell Fraser James, City & Regional Planning

2001. Landscape mirror: A study of people's emotional responses to the visual aspects of water surface reflection. Minhui Li, Landscape Architecture.

2001. Human emotional responses to visual aspects of water features. Yi-hsuan Lin, Landscape Architecture.

2000. A perception and preference study of enclosure. Ruhina Surendran, Landscape Architecture.

1999. The restorative effects of roadside vegetation: Implications for automobile driver anger and frustration. Jean Marie Cackowski, Landscape Architecture.

1997. Perception, Evaluation and Preference of Sign Scenes.  Xiaodong Hong, C&RP.

1994. Neo-Traditional Town Planning, Sense of community and Automobile Dependence. Steve Cochrun, C&RP.

1994. Proximate Physical Cues to Fear. Peg Grannis, C&RP.

1987. Transportation needs of elderly suburban residents. Sarah. Buchman. Winner Best Thesis award.

1987. Personality characteristics of landscape architects. Elsa Johnson, Landscape Architecture.

1987. Public evaluation of the Center for the Visual Arts: An evaluation of an architectural jury. Jun-mo  Kang, C&RP.

1987. The effects of traffic on perceived quality of life: A comparison of urban and suburban settings. Fay  Tzemos, C&RP.

1986. A comparison of architects' and non-architects' descriptive and affective responses for "High" and "Vernacular" residential architecture. Kim Devlin. C&RP.

1985. An investigation of dual-earner role overload and its implications for housing and the environmental structure. C. Van Allsburg, C&RP.

1984. Problems and planning of urban renewal and up-grading projects in Monrovia: The West Point experience. M. Kromah, C&RP.

1983. The effect of traffic patterns and street design on territoriality and the psychological sense of community in three suburban neighborhoods. David Julian, C&RP.

1983. Resident attitudes toward higher residential densities in Columbus, Ohio: Privatism vs. public advantage and the acceptance of urban megastructures. John Karas, C&RP.

1983. The ideal birthing environment: A survey of mothers and their primary support persons who have participated in prepared childbirth education. Jon Hallas, C&RO.

1982. Behavior patterns of downtown environments. A.Rengin Yurdakul, C&RP.

1982. The preparation of Columbus, Ohio for nuclear war: A study of citizen reaction to warning and evacuation. Michael Greenberg, C&RP

1981. Salient activities and the requisite needs of the handicapped in public housing, Ali Sadeghi, C&RP.

1981. User needs in housing for the elderly, Mitra Farokhpay, C&RP.

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