[52] DISTANCE CONCEPTS OF URBAN

During the period 1964 to 1969, he worked for short periods on projects at the American Institutes for Research, and later at the National Bureau of Standards. These projects involved several innovative applications of psychometric techniques, such as judgments of driver performance by passengers, and judgments of office situations by civil servants. His main efforts centered on judgments of urban spece by residents. and included a series of small scale surveys during 1966 through 1968. He was awarded a Ph.D. for this work in 1969. He is presently employed by CONSAD Research Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this investigation is to analyze certain kinds of human behavior related to the spatial characteristics of the everyday physical environment.l These spatial characteristics include the location and arrange-ment of various urban facilities, which are defined to consist of ten types or classes: ( 1) shopping centers (2) bus stops (3) libraries (4) terminals for buses, trains, or aircraf