Research IS (RIS)

Sensing Human Movement And Place

Relevance of UI

January 1 – February 28

Colour

April 1 – April 30

User Interface (UI) Design

March 1 – March 31

Interactivity

May 1 – May 31

“I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.”

- William Golding, The Spire [20]

There is an abundance of place-based research studies focusing on relationships between places-to-people [11] and people-to-places [15].  However, research on why adults, or even children, would prefer certain places more than others is still lacking.  According to Korpela [16], people’s reasons for choosing different types of environments, their reasons for visiting a favourite place, and their preferences for a place are still unknown.