Literature (updated 01.09.2023)
People and Environment, LK0382
The course literature consists of selected chapters from textbooks and additional material in the form of scientific journal articles, and reports. Below is a list of all the literature used, as well as information of how and where you can find it.
Preferably, don´t wait until the course starts to get hold of the literature.
In this document you also find information on when during the course the different texts are to be read, see the section “WHEN TO READ WHAT”. Here the texts are presented as reading lists for each literature seminar, in which you should be prepared to discuss and work further with the texts. For dates and time for the literature seminars, see the schedule.
The following literature is mandatory to read in the course.
Book chapters
All the below books are available through the Alnarp library, as printed or electronic resources. Keep in mind that the availability of the printed books can vary, while the e-books are always available online.
Bell, P.A., Greene, T.C., Fischer, J.F. & Baum, A. (2001) Environmental Psychology. 5th edition, Harcourt College Publishers: Forth Worth. (also in new print, 2005)
(Alnarp Library, printed copy in Kurssamlingen)
Chapter 8
Bishop, K., Corkery, L. (eds.) (2017) Designing Cities with Children and Young People : Beyond Playgrounds and Skate Parks. Routledge:New York
(Alnarp Library, printed copy in Kurssamlingen as well as online ebook)
Chapters 3 and 5
Frumkin, Howard (foreword), Matilda van den Bosch, William Bird (eds) (2018) Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health : The Role of Nature in Improving the Health of a Population, Oxford University Press: Oxford.
(Alnarp Library as online ebook, if author search use Frumkin, Howard)
Chapters 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Gehl, J. (2011) Life between buildings .The Danish Architectural Press: Copenhagen.
(Alnarp Library, printed copy in Kurssamlingen and as online ebook)
Chapter 1 and 2
Mitchell, D. (2003). The Right to the City. Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space.
The Guilford Press: New York.
(Alnarp Library, printed copy in Kurssamlingen)
Chapter 4
Linda Steg, Agnes van den Berg, Judith de Groot (eds), (2013 and 2019) Environmental Psychology: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell
(Alnarp printed copies in Kurssamlingen (the 2019 edition) and in the general collection (the 2013 edition). The 2013 edition is also available as ebook.
Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 10 (in the 2013 edition)
Chapters 1, 5, 6, 7, 12) (in the 2019 edition)
Whyte, W. H. (2009) City, rediscovering the center. University of Pennsylvania Press:Philadelphia
(Alnarp Library, printed copy in Kurssamlingen as well as online ebook)
Chapters 1, 2, 7, 10
**Journal articles and other material **
Buijs A.E. et al (2009) No wilderness for immigrants: Cultural differences in images of nature. Landscape and Urban Planning 91, 113-123 (Alnarp Library, electronic journal fulltext)
Cele, S. (2005). On foot in the city of children. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research 18 (1), 85-98. (PDF in the CANVAS online course room)
Kloek, M.E, et al (2017) Beyond Ethnic Stereotypes – Identities and Outdoor Recreation Among Immigrants and Nonimmigrants in the Netherlands. Leisure Sciences, 39 (1), 59-78
(Alnarp Library, electronic journal fulltext)
Nordh, H., Hartig, T., Hagerhall, C.M., Fry, G. (2009). Components of small urban parks that predict the possibility for restoration. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 8,225-235.
(Alnarp Library, electronic journal fulltext)
Ouis, P & Lisberg Jensen, E. (2009) I brought a hazelnut from Macedonia – Cultural and biological diversity in a globalizing world. In Transcending Boundaries : Environmental histories from the Öresund region. Malmö University. Faculty of Health and Society: Malmö ,pp 127‐141, Web open access/
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1405749/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Ward Thompson, C. (2013) Activity, exercise and planning and design of outdoor spaces. Journal of Environmental Psychology 34, 79-96. (Alnarp Library, electronic journal fulltext)
**WHEN TO READ WHAT from the above list **
*Theme 1: Understanding and studying people environment interactions *
(texts should be read before the literature seminar)
Bell, P.A., et al (2001) Environmental Psychology
-Chapter 8, Personal space and territoriality. (pp 251-292). 41 pages
Gehl, J. (2010) Life between buildings
-Chapter 1, sections Three types of Outdoor Activities, pp.9-14. 5 pages
and Life between buildings, pp.15-30. 15 pages
-Chapter 2 section Senses, Communication and Dimensions, pp.62-72. 10 pages
Linda Steg, Agnes van den Berg, Judith de Groot (eds), (2013/2019) Environmental Psychology: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell
- Chapter 1 (in both editions). Environmental psychology: History, scope and methods, by Linda Steg, Agnes van den Berg, Judith de Groot, pp 1-11. 9 pages
Ward Thompson, C. (2013) Activity, exercise and planning and design of outdoor spaces. Journal of Environmental Psychology 34, 79-96m, 17 pages
Whyte, W. H. (2009) City,rediscovering the center.
- Chapter 1, Introduction ,pp1-7. 7 pages
- Chapter 2, The social life of the street, pp. 8-24. 16 pages
- Chapter 7, The design of spaces, pp. 103-131. 28 pages
Theme 2: Environments across lifespan and cultures
(texts should be read before the literature seminar)
Buijs A.E. et al (2009) No wilderness for immigrants: Cultural differences in images of nature. Landscape and Urban Planning 91, 113-123, 10 pages
Cele, S. (2005). On foot in the city of children. 13 pages
Bishop, K., Corkery, L. (eds.) (2017) Designing Cities with Children and Young People : Beyond Playgrounds and Skate Parks. Routledge:New York
- Chapter 3 Nordic child friendly urban planning reconsidered by Fredrika Mårtensson and Maria Nordström, pp 36-46, 11 pages
- Chapter 5 A place for adolescents- The power of research to inform the built environment by Patsy Eubanks Owens, pp 65-78, 14 pages
Kloek, M.E, et al (2017) Beyond Ethnic Stereotypes – Identities and Outdoor Recreation Among Immigrants and Nonimmigrants in the Netherlands. Leisure Sciences, 39 (1), 59-78
(Alnarp Library, electronic journal fulltext) 19 pages
Mitchell, D. (2003). The Right to the City. Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space.
-Chapter 4, The End of Public Space?, pp 118‐160. 42 pages
Ouis, P & Lisberg Jensen, E. (2009) I brought a hazelnut from Macedonia – Cultural and biological diversity in a globalizing world. 15 pages
Whyte, W. H. (2009) City,rediscovering the center.
-Chapter 10, The Undesirables, pp 156-164. 8 pages
*Theme 3: Environments and human well-being *
(texts should be read before the literature seminar)
Matilda van den Bosch, William Bird, and Howard Frumkin (eds) (2018) Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health: The Role of Nature in Improving the Health of a Population, Oxford University Press: Oxford.
- Chapter 2.1 Environmental psychology by Agnes van den Berg and Henk Staats, pp 51-57, 7 pages
- Chapter 3.1 Promoting physical activity-reducing obesity and non-communicable diseases by Giles Corti et al, pp97-107, 11 pages
- Chapter 3.2 Preventing stress and promoting mental health by van den Bosch et al, pp108-115, 8 pages
- Chapter 3.3 Promoting social cohesion – increasing well-being by Elands et al, pp 116-121, 6 pages
Nordh, H., et al (2009). Components of small urban parks that predict the possibility for restoration. 10 pages
Linda Steg, Agnes van den Berg, Judith de Groot (eds), (2013/2019) Environmental Psychology: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell
- Scenic beauty - visual landscape assessment and human landscape perception, by Tveit, M.S., Ode Sang Å. & C.M. Hagerhall. pp 37-46, 9 pages (Chapter 4 in the 2013 edition/ Chapter 5 in the 2019 edition)
- Health benefits of nature, by Agnes van den Berg, Yannick Joye, Sjerp de Vries, pp 47-56. 9 pages (Chapter 5 in the 2013 edition /Chapter 6 in the 2019 edition)
- Restorative environments, by Yannick Joye, Agnes van den Berg, pp 57-66. 9 pages (Chapter 6 in the 2013 edition/ Chapter 7 in the 2019 edition)
- Urban environmental quality, by Mirilia Bonnes, Massemiliano Scopelliti, Ferdinando Fornara, Giuseppe Carrus, pp 97-106. 9 pages (Chapter 10 in the 2013 edition/ Chapter 12 in the 2019 edition)
