Maslow Interpreted for the Residential Environment

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The concept for this study emanated from an enlightening experience I once had while touring several "governmentally - planned" residential developments in northeastern Greece as part of the University of Illinois Summer Program in Greece, 1984. This was my first introduction to the devastating effects of poor planning. The Greek people in this part of the country have a close relationship with their land which is central to their way of life. The residential developments I witnessed were the antithesis of the residents' natural and rural nature which has been part of their culture for centuries. The houses were large, concrete structures of three, four, and five stories which seemed to isolate the residents from the land as well as from each other. The land lots which fronted the buildings were conspicuously small and rectangular, intersected by cement sidewalks and pathways. In my wildest imagination, I could not conceive of these natural people adapting to such foreign structures. I

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