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// Lecture 1: Environment, environment components, spatial elements
— environment, place; physical environment, social environment;
— space; architectural and urban space; types and functions
// Lecture 2: Human-environment interactions in open spaces, spatial behaviors, visual cognition, spatial perception
— spatial cognition concept and process;
— spatial perception and behavior;
— relationship and interaction between urban image and spatial cognition |
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// Lecture 3: Urban design morphology, nature-human interaction, society-urban form relations, historic evolution
— defense, transportation, topography and climatic performance factors;
— impacts of these factors on settlements
// Lecture 4: Main society types, social identity, sense of belonging, culture
— social development and change processes, how they shape space;
— social identity and its development, sense of belonging in shaping social identity;
— definitions on culture, spatial reflections of cultural continuity and change |