Proceedings of the Conference on METROPOLITAN PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT - Use of Vegetation , Space and Structures to Improve
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-Behavior patterns in parks and plazas in downtown Syracuse, New York, are discussed. After an introduction of the spaces and their principal users, fundamental concepts borrowed from ecological psychology are defined. Then using these concepts, the behavioral significance of the environment is illustrated in a comparison of two case studies. The concepts employed here are shown to allow a discussion of the important effect of environment on behavior without producing deterministic distortions. THE OBJECTIVES of this exploratory research were to investigate (1) who was using parks and plazas in downtown Syracuse, New York; (2) whether behavior patterns were discernible in these spaces; and (3) the ways in which physical and social factors influence these patterns. We soon discovered tha t distinct user groups and behavior patterns could be identified, and our attention then became focused on the ways in which social and physical factors work together to shape these behavior patterns. In considering our preliminary results, we found tha t some fundamental concepts taken from Barker's theory of behavior settings (Barker 1968) provided a very useful framework for interpretation. After setting the context and defining these concepts, we will discuss two case studies tha t illustrate some of the mechanisms relating behavior patterns and physical environments.
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