J-Regional & Community Awareness Flashcards
Tolerable humidity
30 to 60%
More pollutions is found in
Valleys and low lands
50 to 60 dB
Conversation, comfort
85 dB
Safety threshold
Doubling the distance between source and the ear reduces the levels by this many decibels
6 dB
Place important spaces and windows at this corner so they will get more sun in the winter and less in the summer
Southeast corner
A space with definable boundaries and objects where typical pattern of behavior occurs at a particular time
Behavior setting
The study of spatial requirements of humans and the effects of population density of behavior, communication and social interaction
Proxemics
Grouping of people arranged in a way that each can have privacy from others
Sociofugal
Linear housing layout lining the street
Street front pattern
Rows of units on small streets at right angles to the street
End on pattern
Developed by Oscar Newman
Defensible space
Fryman problems can be controlled not by force, bye-bye environmental design and a sense of ownership instilled in residence
Defensible space
Four elements of dispensable space are
Territoriality
Natural surveillance
Image
Environment or milieu
Developed by Edward Hall
Personal space
