This book proposes, from a cross-disciplinary perspective, an original reading of current work on residential choice and the decisions associated with it. Geographers, social-psychologists, economists, sociologists, neurologists and linguists have worked together in the context of collective research into evaluation, choice and decision-making in the use of urban and periurban spaces. A synthetic outlook has been constructed from these complementary scientific references. The book, which is designed as a handbook, also provides the opportunity to set out the different approaches to deal with the models which have been developed in this field.
Contents
-Individuals in Their Spatial and Social Environments
-The Wheres and Hows of Residential Choice
-Socio-Cognitive Accessibility to Places
-Affect, Uncertainty, and Decision-Making
-Neuroscience and Decision-Making
-Spatial Decision-Making
-Collective and Cooperative Behaviour Models
-Observing The Decision-Making Process
-Preferences, Utility, Choice, and Attractiveness
-Determinism, Probability, and Imprecision in Decision-Making
Target Groups
-Lecturers and students of social science, geography and psychology
-Social actors and decision-makers involved in regional development
About the Editors
Pierre Frankhauser has a doctoral degree in theoretical physics and in geography. He is full professor of geography at the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon.
Dominique Ansel has a doctoral degree in psychology. He is associate professor at the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon.
