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Environmental Psychology and Human Well-Being
Effects of Built and Natural Settings
- 2nd Edition - June 1, 2025
- Editor: Ann Sloan Devlin
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 3 6 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 3 5 3 7 - 5
Environmental Psychology and Human Well-Being: Effects of Built and Natural Settings provides a better understanding of the way in which mental and physical well-being is affect… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental Psychology and Human Well-Being: Effects of Built and Natural Settings provides a better understanding of the way in which mental and physical well-being is affected by physical environments, along with insights into how the design of these environments might be improved to support better health outcomes. This book is unique because it emphasizes the impact of particular kinds of environments on humans (e.g., cities, therapeutic landscapes, schools), and thus considers the environment as the driver of behavior, rather than starting with human attitudes and values. The book reviews the history of the field, discusses theoretical constructs in guiding research and design, and provides an up-to-date survey of research findings. New content on the effects of the pandemic on work and educational settings (including remote options) as well as a new chapter on shelters in response to natural disasters are included.
- Provides research-based insight into how an environment can impact mental and physical health and well-being
- Integrates core psychological constructs, such as territoriality, environmental stress, privacy, social support, and perceived control across settings
- In 18 chapters covers educational settings, workplace settings, environments for active living, housing for the elderly, natural settings, therapeutic environments, correctional facilities, among others, as well as specific sections on the pandemic
- Includes new chapter on shelters in response to natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic
Environmental-behavior academics/researchers, environmental psychologists, environmental psychology students; researchers in architecture, gerontology, behavioral geography, city and regional planning, landscape architecture, healthcare design
1. Concepts, Theories, and Research Approaches
2. A Typology of Suburban Experiences in the United States (revise to include movement patterns to different parts of the US related to demographics and also the relationship between climate and housing type)
3. Residential Environments and Active Living (revise to include evidence about physical activity and health)
4. Housing for Older Adults
5. City Life and Well-being
6. The role of the physical Environment in Education
7. Workplace Settings (include post-pandemic modifications, including work from home setting)
8. The Environment and Consumer Behavior
9. Everyday and Nearby Natural Environments (include new content on pandemic)
10. Behavioral Impact of Naturalistic and Wilderness Settings (include section on online attendance and viewing)
11. Can Correctional Environments Be Humane? A Case for Evidence and Value-based Design (include new section on pandemic and prison death)
12. Healthcare Settings (revised to enclosed more evidence based designs)
13. Designing Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities: Psychological, Social, and Cultural Issues (added section addressing environmental designs in facilities and dealing with drug use treatment)
14. Memory Care and Alzheimer’s Units (major revision)
15. Therapeutic Landscapes
16. Shelter: Responses to Natural and Political Crises (New Chapter)
2. A Typology of Suburban Experiences in the United States (revise to include movement patterns to different parts of the US related to demographics and also the relationship between climate and housing type)
3. Residential Environments and Active Living (revise to include evidence about physical activity and health)
4. Housing for Older Adults
5. City Life and Well-being
6. The role of the physical Environment in Education
7. Workplace Settings (include post-pandemic modifications, including work from home setting)
8. The Environment and Consumer Behavior
9. Everyday and Nearby Natural Environments (include new content on pandemic)
10. Behavioral Impact of Naturalistic and Wilderness Settings (include section on online attendance and viewing)
11. Can Correctional Environments Be Humane? A Case for Evidence and Value-based Design (include new section on pandemic and prison death)
12. Healthcare Settings (revised to enclosed more evidence based designs)
13. Designing Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities: Psychological, Social, and Cultural Issues (added section addressing environmental designs in facilities and dealing with drug use treatment)
14. Memory Care and Alzheimer’s Units (major revision)
15. Therapeutic Landscapes
16. Shelter: Responses to Natural and Political Crises (New Chapter)
- No. of pages: 500
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: June 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443235368
- eBook ISBN: 9780443235375
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Ann Sloan Devlin
Dr. Devlin teaches courses on cognitive processes, I/O, environmental psychology, and research methods. She frequently writes about evidence-based design, is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and the recipient of several Mellon Foundation grants. She has been published in multiple journals, is the editor in chief of Environment and Behavior (SAGE), and authored the book Transforming the Doctor’s Office: Principles of Evidence-Based Design for Routledge in 2015. Since 2001 she has also published two other books on environmental psychology, and two on research methods.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychology, Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA