Fall, 2007 Issue Cover Story Featured Stories PlaceCoach News Alerts Expert's Corner Book Reviews Editor's Commentary

Featured Stories Antiterrorism Perceptions Two pilot studies provide interesting insight into how people feel about active and passive antiterrorism measures. Privacy Important in the United States People learn how privacy is managed in their society through prior experiences, and sucessful design, especially in the United States, should facilitate privacy regulation. Designing Streets for Physical Activity Measures to make it more pleasant to walk along streets can also calm traffic, making the pedestrian experience both more enjoyable and safer. Nursing Unit Design and Information Flow Successful communication among health care practitioners is important, and should be considered in the design of health care spaces. Workplace Focus: Workplace Design and Employee Communication Patterns A case study provides an insightful analysis of the relationship between workplace design and layout and the flow of information and interaction. Workplace Focus: Personalization and Commitment Workplace personalization is important to employees, and provides them with positive benefits. Workplace Focus: Office Workplace Design The British Council for Offices reviewed the research literature to investigate the relationship between office design and organizational performance. Girls’ Exercise—The Effect of Neighborhood Features Today there is increased interest in cultivating healthy life styles early in life. This study investigates how neighborhood design might affect the after-school activity levels of adolescent girls. Classic Article: Frameworks of People's Interactions with Their Environments In 1990, Stokols presented two frameworks that can be used to discuss how human beings interact with the environments that surround them. These descriptions of instrumental and spiritual approaches remain useful today. Expert's Corner Gardening and Exercise: Healthy Aging for Older Adults More often than not, the outdoor environment of a senior ‘retirement’ community is ignored and people focus on the attributes of a building's interior. However, the activities that can be offered on the outside of a building are almost limitless, constrained only by the imagination, and not by a person's age. Editor's Commentary Dear Readers Between issues, please drop by the Research Design Connections website regularly to read our blog postings. PlaceCoach News Alerts Places as Symbols Group members value places more highly if the places in question are more closely tied to the identity of the group. Using GIS for Neighborhood Research GIS can provide a multidimensional (visual, dynamic, holistic, and interactive) view of a neighborhood, so how can it best be used? Territoriality Test Research provides a tool that can be used to measure the territoriality of individuals. Preferred Moods The mood that people idealize feeling is influenced by their culture. Explaining Landscape Preferences Landscape features affect preference for nature-laden locations. Community Attachment and Enterprise Housing Enterprise homes, which accomodate residential business activies, can be a positive addition to a neighborhood. Book Reviews Contemporary World Interiors Yelavich masterfully discusses the evolving practice of interior design and the relationship between interior design and human experience. Design Studio Pedagogy: Horizons for the Future Salama and Wilkinson thoroughly address important contemporary issues in design pedagogy. Designing for Designers: Lessons Learned from Schools of Architecture The buildings that house schools of architecture are an interesting building form to study, even for those who will never design a building of that type.