Urban Design Aesthetics: The Evaluative Qualities of Building Exterion

JL Nasar - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Design …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
… Thus, for example, Nasar (1989b) found differences in symbolic meanings of bouse-styles
across various socio-demographic groups, and Nasar and Kang (1988) found symbolic …

Perception, cognition, and evaluation of urban places

JL Nasar - Public places and spaces, 1989 - Springer
… been found to influence perceived order (Nasar, 1987a); and preference has been found to
increase with the compatibility of signs to their surroundings (Nasar, 1987a), the compatibility …

Assessing perceptions of environments for active living

JL Nasar - American journal of preventive medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Substantial research has been done on the relationship of physical
environments to active living, much of it using observational measures of physical properties. …

The evaluative image of the city

JL Nasar - Journal of the American Planning Association, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
… We also notice identity, social status, and friendliness (Nasar 1989b). Likability may encompass
these other dimensions to yield an adequate summary, but that remains to be tested. It is …

Fear of crime in relation to three exterior site features: Prospect, refuge, and escape

BS Fisher, JL Nasar - Environment and behavior, 1992 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines fear of crime in relation to exterior site features on a college campus.
The authors propose and test a theoretical model that posits that places that afford offenders …

Pedestrian injuries due to mobile phone use in public places

JL Nasar, D Troyer - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2013 - Elsevier
Research shows that pedestrians, similar to drivers, experience reduced situation awareness,
distracted attention and unsafe behavior when talking or texting on their mobile phones. …

[BOOK][B] Environmental aesthetics: Theory, research, and application

JL Nasar - 1992 - books.google.com
… I am grateful to the staff at Cambridge University Press: Susan Milmoe, who encouraged
me to submit the book and who shepherded it through the early phases with Cambridge; J. …

Landscapes of fear and stress

JL Nasar, KM Jones - Environment and behavior, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Fear of crime is a major urban stressor. Certain areas-hot spots of fear-evoke higher levels
of fear than others. In conditions of general wariness, certain proximate cues should evoke …

Mobile telephones, distracted attention, and pedestrian safety

J Nasar, P Hecht, R Wener - Accident analysis & prevention, 2008 - Elsevier
Driver distraction is a major cause of traffic accidents, with mobile telephones as a key
source of distraction. In two studies, we examined distraction of pedestrians associated with …

'Hot spots' of fear and crime: A multi-method investigation

JL Nasar, B Fisher - Journal of environmental psychology, 1993 - Elsevier
… As described in Fisher and Nasar (1992), we had them visit the site and rate each of the eight
areas on the scales. We varied the order of the rating scales and sites, and the poles of the …