HOUSE FORM AND CULTURE BY : AMOS RAPOPORT THE BOOK COMPILES OF THE EFFECTS OF THE CULTURES AND THE HOUSE FORM AND CULTURE PRESENTS CROSS- CULTURAL STUDIES OF DWELLINGS, BUILDINGS AND SETTLEMENTS WITHIN THE FIELDS OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AMOS RAPOPORT BORN ON 28 MARCH 1929, WARSAW. AN ARCHITECT AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR STUDIES (EBS). HE IS THE AUTHOR OF OVER 200 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS IN THIS FIELD, INCLUDING BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN, PERSIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN AND CHINESE. HE HAS HELD HONORABLE AND VISITING POSITIONS IN MANY UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE GLOBE, IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE. HIS WORK HAS FOCUSED MAINLY ON THE ROLE OF CULTURAL VARIABLES, CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES, AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT AND SYNTHESIS. ...
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