La ciudad: una visión desde la psicología ambiental

The present paper examines a psycho environmental approach to the study of cities. In a first section the historical roots related to the origins of environmental psychology and its participation in urban issues are analyzed. Subsequently, a review of some theoretical conceptualizations about environmental psychology and the city is presented.  In a third plane, the Stokols model (1978) of transactional typologies environment-person is used in order to illustrate the urban themes of interest in the psycho-environmental area. Finally, some quantitative and qualitative methods used in the field of environmental psychology for the study of urban problems are exposed.