BEHAVIOURALISM
The behavioural approach sought to overcome the shortcomings of spatial analysis by highlighting the role of cognitive processes and decision-making in mediat- ing the relationship between the urban environment and people's spatial behaviour. Urban geographers employed cognitive mapping techniques to examine a host of issues, including migration consumer behaviour residential mobility, sresidential preferences perceived neighbourhood areas and images of the city.
The behavioural approach introduced greaterrealism into urban studies, as the emphasis on empiri- cal investigation of human behaviour countered thc abstract nature of 'spatial' theory. But behaviouralism did not break away wholly from the positivist tradition. Much of the methodology of positivism was retained, and although focused on exposing the values, goals and motivations of human behaviour, it was still con- cerned with seeking law-like generalisations. As a consequence, behaviouralism has attracted much of the same criticism that has been levelled at positivism, in particular its failure to recognise and account for the untidiness', ambiguity and dynamism of everyday life.
BEHAVIOURALISMThe behavioural approach sought to overcome the shortcomings of spatial analysis by highlighting the role of cognitive processes and decision-making in mediat- ing the relationship between the urban environment and people's spatial behaviour. Urban geographers employed cognitive mapping techniques to examine a host of issues, including migration consumer behaviour residential mobility, sresidential preferences perceived neighbourhood areas and images of the city. The behavioural approach introduced greaterrealism into urban studies, as the emphasis on empiri- cal investigation of human behaviour countered thc abstract nature of 'spatial' theory. But behaviouralism did not break away wholly from the positivist tradition. Much of the methodology of positivism was retained, and although focused on exposing the values, goals and motivations of human behaviour, it was still con- cerned with seeking law-like generalisations. As a consequence, behaviouralism has attracted much of the same criticism that has been levelled at positivism, in particular its failure to recognise and account for the untidiness', ambiguity and dynamism of everyday life.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..