Urban Cognition

Preface, D. Canter; introduction - how do urban residents acquire, mentally represent and use knowledge of spatial layout, T. Garling. Part 1 The nature of cognitive representations of urban environments: structure of urban cognitive maps, J.I. Aragones and J.M. Arredondo; the role of figural organization in city imageability - an information processing analysis, C.J. Holahan and P.F. Sorenson; exploring the anchorpoint hypothesis of spatial cognition, H. Couclelis et al; reference systems in cognitive maps, T. Garling et al. Part 2 Acquisition of cognitive representations of urban environments: navigator - a psychologically based model of environmental learning through navigation, S. Gopal et al; acquisition of spatial knowledge for routes, S.C. Hirtle and J. Hudson; the effects of pathway configuration, landmarks and stress on environmental cognition, G.W. Evans et al; the influence of affective associations on the development of cognitive maps of large environments, J.F. Herman et al. Part 3 Use of cognitive representations of urban environments: spatial representations, a way-finding perspective, R. Passini; sketch-map variables as predictors of way-finding performance, M.J. Rovine and G.D. Weisman; the spatiotemporal sequencing of everyday activities in the large-scale environment, T. Garling et al; planning, mood and place-liking, J. Snodgrass et al.