Quality of Urban Life

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part A: Overview: Quality of Urban Life -- Introduction / Frick, Dieter -- 1. The New Urban Crisis / Castells, Manuel -- 2. Psychological Aspects of the Quality of Urban Life / Proshansky, Harold M. / Fabian, Abbe K. -- 3. On Cities, Design, and People / Scimem, Gabriele -- Part Β: Social Networks -- Introduction / Mackensen, Rainer -- 4. Social Networks and the Quality of Life / Badura, Bernhard -- 5. Social Networks in Urban Neighbourhoods / Sodeur, Wolfgang -- 6. Network Procedures / Mitchell, J. Clyde -- Part C: Ethnic Minorities -- Introduction / Schönpflug, Ute / Silbereisen, Rainer Κ. -- 7. Acculturation and Stress Among Immigrants and Later Generation Individuals / Padilla, Amado M. -- 8. The Pattern of Acculturation amongst Asian and Caribbean Descended Youth in Britain / Rex, John -- 9. Acculturation in Urban Areas: Migrant Workers and the Settlement of Turks in West Berlin / Wilpert, Czarina -- Part D: Man – Environment Relations -- Introduction / Frick, Dieter / Hoefert, Hans-Wolfgang -- 10. The Use and Design of Open Spaces in Urban Neighborhoods / Rapoport, Amos -- 11. Aesthetic, Communication and Use: Perspectives for Urban Open Spaces / Sieverts, Thomas -- 12. An Ecological Approach to Urban Environment Perception -- 13. Psychological Identity of and Identification with Urban Neighbourhoods -- Part E: Mental Health -- Introduction / Legewie, Heiner / Wiedemann, Peter M. -- 14. New York City’s Open Space System. The Process of Evolution / Fox, Tom -- 15. The Reform of Health and Psychiatric Services in Relation to the Quality of Urban Life. Experiences in the Region of Piedmont and in the City of Turin / Pirella, Agostino -- 16. From the Social Movement Towards the Socio-Cultural Movement. The Example of Amsterdam / Günter, Roland -- List of Authors -- Author Index