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The goal of this chapter is to examine the current evaluation of built settings, also known as the postoccupancy evaluation (POE). This chapter deals with post occupancy evaluation, rather than postconstruction evaluation, accepting the distinction made by Anderson and Butterfield (1980) that the latter deals with the technical and structural aspects of facilities, and the former attends to social and behavioral issues.
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Wener, R. (1989). Advances in Evaluation of the Built Environment. In: Zube, E.H., Moore, G.T. (eds) Advance in Environment, Behavior, and Design. Advances in Environment, Behavior, and Design, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0717-4_9
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