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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and trees; Wordsworth composed while tromping over the heath; and Nikola Tesla conceived the electric motor while visiting a park. Intrigued by our storied renewal in the natural world, Florence Williams set out to uncover the science behind nature’s positive effects on the brain. In this informative and entertaining account,...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Preface This book focuses on a positive emotional approach in product, service, and system design and emphasizes aesthetics and enjoyment in user experience. This book provides dissemination and exchange of scientific information on the theoretical and practical areas of affective and pleasurable design for research experts and industry practitioners from multidisciplinary backgrounds, including industrial designers, emotion designer, ethnographers,...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Mistakes occur for many reasons. This book takes a hands-on approach as to the reasons mistakes happen, analyzes actual mistakes that occurred over a span of thirty years committed by the author and his colleagues to develop a strategy to reduce them which occurred in industry, healthcare, and in government. Information concerning areas the author gained in graduate school and in outside consulting that could have been applied to further reduce mistakes...
Series
Wellbeing a complete reference guide volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society. -Explores the effects of environment on wellbeing and provides insight and guidance for designing, creating, or providing environments that improve wellbeing -Looks at the social and health issues surrounding sustainable energy and sustainable communities, and how those connect...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Psychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responses organizes and summarizes recent psychological research that relates to the issue of climate change. The book covers topics such as how people perceive and respond to climate change, how people understand and communicate about the issue, how it impacts individuals and communities, particularly vulnerable communities, and how individuals and communities can best prepare for and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
The average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren’t we supposed to put down roots at some point? How does the place we live become the place we want to stay? This time, she had an epiphany. Rather than hold her breath and hope this new town would be her family’s...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An impassioned generational perspective on why climate anxiety is completely natural and necessary, and how we can be stronger for it. Climate and environment-related fears and anxieties are on the rise everywhere, with few resources to address them. As with any type of stress, eco-anxiety can lead to paralysis, burnout and avoidance. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray seamlessly merges scientific knowledge with emotional insight to show how these complicated...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Conducting research and technology design for domestic life is by no means easy. Methods commonly used in the field of Human-Computer Interaction in settings like the workplace may not easily translate to the richness and complexity of domestic life. This book documents new ways in which researchers are studying domestic life, as well as designing and evaluating technology in the home. Each chapter is a candid discussion about methods that were successfully...
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