Course code Arhi1026
Credit points 3
Environmental Psychology in Landscape Architecture
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures16
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes16
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation17.02.2015
Responsible UnitInstitute of Civil Engineering and Wood Processing
Course developer
Natalija Ņitavska
Dr. arch.
Course abstract
This course is an introduction to environmental psychology in landscape architecture. Focus is on landscape concept interdisciplinary link, aims and tasks. In course is viewed methodology of interaction between human and environment (systematic approach, field researches, problem-oriented and eclectic approach, interdisciplinary approach). Learning and practical using of theories about environmental psychology environment perceptions and its evaluation in architecture and landscape architecture field.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
• Knowledge: students know about the human and psychological aspects of environmental liabilities, students know the psychological approach in today's global threats, students aware of environmental psychology in relation to psychology and the landscape architecture.
• Practical skills: students can see the psychological causes of environmental problems in landscape space.
• Competence: students able to formulate, describe and analyze the examples of environmental psychology, selecting the necessary information and using theory to define them.
Compulsory reading
1. Bechtel R. B., Churchman A. Handbook of Environmental Psychology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002. 725 p.
2. Bell P. A., Fisher J. D., Greene T. C., Baum, A. Environmental Psychology. Routledge,2005. 654 p.
3. Kundziņš M. Dabas formu estētika. Rīga: Madris, 2004. 168 lpp.
4. Sturken M., Cartwright L. Practices of Looking. An Introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford: Oxford univesity Press, 2001. 469 p.
Further reading
1. Jūrmalietis R. Uzvedības zinātnes, vide, veselība: Mācību palīglīdzeklis vides veselības zinātnē. Rīga: LU, 1999. Pieejams: http://www.liis.lv/vi/uzveddz.htm.
2. Jūrmalietis R., Birziņa R. Vide un veselība: Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: LU, 1998. Pieejams:http://www.liis.lv/vid_ves/titullapa.htm
3. Starke, B., Simonds, J. O. Landscape Architecture: A Manual of Environmental Planning and Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013. 432 p.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Annual Review of Psychology, http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/psych. ISSN 0003-5033.
2. Biznesa Psiholoģija, http://www.biznesapsihologija.lv/. ISSN 1691-3183
3. Encyclopedia of Psychology, http://www.psychology.org/.