Introduction Sustainability, people and places: An agenda for the future ..................... 1 MOSER G. I. Urban Change and Sustainability 1. Representation of the city and image of the centre in two different urban structures: A modem and a traditional town .............. ..... ..... 11 MARCHAND D. 2. Social and architectural legibility of the city ............................ 25 NENCI A.M., DE ROSA A.M.S., TESTA G., & CARRUS G. 3. City of Cent{dollar}. Formalization and urban change .......................... 38 ZIADA H. 4. Dubai: The search for identity ....................................... 51 BOUSSAA D. 5. The significance of the memory of urban spaces ................. ...... 61 BRIERLEY E.S. 6. Village and community: Social models for sustainable urban development .... 68 BRINDLEYT. 7. Sustainable urban communities: History defying cultural conflict ............ 83 EDY.Y. 8. The failure of man-environment studies in influencing design decisions ...... 94 GUR S.O. & BEKLEYEN A. II. Community, Attachment and Identity 1. One attachment or more? .......................................... 111 GIULIANI V, FERRARA E, & BARABOTTI S. 2. Cohousing as a basis for social connectedness and ecological sustainability... 123 TORRES M., HASELL M.J., & SCANZONI J. 3. Tradition, change and continuity: A dialectical analysis of social and spatial patterns in home environments ............................. 131 TURGUT H. & CAHANTIMUR A.I. 4. Sustainable design: A question of community (visual) awareness ........... 146 ROMICE O. 5. Accessibility or obstacles? Children's independent mobility and valuation of the outdoor environment ......................................... 161 HEURLIN-NORINDER M. 6. Ethnic food and ethnic enclaves ..................................... 173 DRUCKER S. 7. Unity or fragmentation: Is there a center in person-environment studies? ..... 184 FRANCESCATO G. III. Proximal and Specific Spaces 1. Work and home: Spatial implications of income generation in the domestic setting ................................................. 196 KELLETT P. & BISHOP W. 2. The influence of a specific urban planning on sonic environment ........... 209 ROZEC V 3. The predictors of the feeling of crowding and crampedness in large residential buildings .............................................. 220 BORDAs-AsTUDILLO E, MOCH A., & HERMAND D. 4. Post occupancy evaluation of university educational buildings ............. 229 GABR H.S. & AL-SALLA K. 5. Social sustainability and changes in environments designed for young children: The case of the French day-care centres ....................... 243 LEGENDRE A. 6. Occupational accident scenarios and work spaces in industrial environments .. 255 RIBEIRO T. IV. Global Environment Issues and Ecological Behavior 1. Overcoming expertocracy through sustainable development: The case of wastewater ............................................ 270 CRAIG A. 2. Myths of nature and environmental management strategies. A field study on energy reductions in traffic and transport ................ 280 POORTINGA W., STEG L., & VLEK C. 3. Environmental attitudes and diffusion of innovations: The energy saving case ..................................................... 291 MARTIN R., CORRALIZA J.A., & BERENGUER J. 4. Predicting environmental attitudes and behavior ........................ 302 GARCA-MIRA R., REAL J.E., DURAN RODRIGUEZ, M., & ROMAY MARTINEZ, J. 5. Activating and inhibiting psychological factors related to sorting behaviour .. 312 MATHEAU-POLICE A.