The College of Design at NC State University believes that the city still retains vital importance in human affairs. The college is committed to research collaborations among the design and planning disciplines.
The goals of this work are to:
- understand how urbanism and urban design processes
affect the quality of people’s lives, perceptions of the city,
and patterns of behavior - measure how design and development decisions influence sustainability in urban contexts
- build knowledge about the impact of design planning and policy on urban development
- develop strategies for community participation in urban design
Urban morphology and spatial structure
Research objective: To conduct research on the relationship of urban spatial
structure and city form to the quality of life in cities, including healthy
lifestyles and social inclusion.
Perception and behavior
Research objective: To investigate how different user
groups and populations perceive, use, and navigate the urban environment
at all scales in the urban ecosystem. How do factors such as stage in the
human life cycle, cultural background, and socio-economic status help explain
user behavior? How does the designed environment constrain or afford specific
behaviors? How do urban residents attach meaning to places? How are these
meanings communicated, to whom?
Participating Faculty:
Professor Robin Moore; Research Associate Professor
Perver Baran; Assistant Professor Lee-Anne Milburn.
Ongoing collaboration with the UNC/Chapel Hill faculty in Urban and Regional
Planning.
Faculty Reference:
Professor Robin Moore, Growing Up in an Urbanizing World (article)
Professor Robin Moore, Streets as Playgrounds (article)
Research Associate Professor Perver Baran with PhD student Yixiang Long, Spatial Configuration and Actual Crime Locations in a University Campus Setting (article)
Research Associate Professor Perver Baran with former PhD student Umet Toker, Conflict between Space and Crime: Exploring the Relationship between Space Configuration and Crime Location (article)
Research Associate Professor Perver Baran with former PhD student Umet Toker, (Sub)urban Evolution: A Cross-Temporal Analysis of Spatial Configuration in an American Town (1989-2002) (article)
Research Associate Professor Perver Baran, Conflict between Growth and Quality of Urban Life: Initial Findings from an Ongoing Study in Metropolitan Istanbul (article)
Doctoral dissertations available through DH Hill Library:
Sudeshna Chatterjee, Children’s Friendship with Place: An Exploration of Environmental Child Friendliness of Children’s Environments in Cities
Mine Hashas, Residents’ Attachment to New Urbanist versus Conventional Suburban Developments
Aydin Ozdemir, An Exploratory Study of Interpersonal Distances and Perceived Spaciousness and Crowding in Four Shopping Malls across Two Cultures
Zeynep Toker, Women’s Spatial Needs in Housing Accommodating Gender Ideologies, Use Patterns, and Privacy
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