Over the past several decades an interdisciplinary
approach to the study of humans and their built environment
has been developing. In general, this area of inquiry
seeks to investigate the often subtle and complex relationships
that exist between people and buildings— those
environments where we spend the great majority of our
lives. From a number of branches of social and physical science we are beginning to acquire information regarding
these relationships. Further, this information is being
applied to the process of building planning.