CEB-ASC 2022 The 15th International Conference on Environment-Behavior Studies was held successfully

Organized jointly by Harbin Institute of Technology, Committee of Environment-Behavior of ASC, Beijing Jiaotong University, and Beijing Kingfar Technology Co., Ltd, the CEB-ASC 2022 Committee of Environment-Behavior of the Architectural Society of China, the 15^th International Conference on Environment-Behavior Studies was successfully held in Beijing Jiaotong University on 19-20 November 2022. The theme of this conference is “Environment-Behavior Research in a Multi-Value Context”. According to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the conference took the form of an online and offline combination.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) gave a speech entitled “Urban density and human behavior”, which elaborated on the relationship between environment and behavior from three aspects: macro-control and market mechanism regulation of urban design, the intervention of scientific and technological methods and natural environment perception.

Prof. Richard Fleming from the University of Wollongong, Australia, gave the speech entitled "Design, dignity, and dementia: Using the built environment to enhance the well-being of People with cognitive impairment", focusing on the relationship between the environment and special groups, and exploring the intrinsic correlation between environment and human cognition through the follow-up studies.

Associate Prof. Bin Jiang of the University of Hong Kong gave the report entitled "Urban environment and mental health: Theoretical and empirical study", elaborating on his empirical study about coupling relationship between urban environment and mental health.

Prof. Ricardo Garcia Mira from the University of A Coruna Spain gave the lecture entitled "Applied research for sustainability transitions: The role of environmental psychology", and explained applied research for sustainability from the perspective of environmental psychology application.

The speech of Prof. Takashizo Ohno from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, entitled "How can environmental-behavior studies contribute to enhancing social resilience to disasters, including pandemics", analyzed many ways to strengthen social resilience under the specific environment like disasters including pandemics from the perspective of environmental behavior.

Prof. Qiang Sheng from Beijing JiaoTong University gave the speech entitled "Location, flow and agglomeration: Decoding the spatial DNA for the changing local shops”. He introduced his team’s research achievements in the past ten years on community business based on multi-source big data and field research, including the definition of community business, spatial distribution law, urban-rural comparison, and temporal and spatial changes and formation mechanisms under external disturbances (governance and epidemic).

On the evening of 19 November 2022, the “Environment-Behavior Teaching Exchange Forum” chaired by Prof. Hui He from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was successfully held online. Prof. Yan Wang from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Prof. Yuan Li from Xiamen University, Prof. Xia Zhang from Wuhan University, Associate Prof. Xiaoling Dai from Zhejiang University of Technology， Prof. Haofeng Wang from Shenzhen University, Associate Prof. Yilin Song from Tianjin University, and Prof. Qiang Sheng from Beijing JiaoTong University attended the online forum, and had an open-minded sharing and discussion over the topic “Environment-Behavior Research in a Multi-Value Context”. The detailed aspects mainly included: how to make the best us of environment-behavior studies under an interdisciplinary vision, how to coordinate scientific research and teaching in the direction of environment-behavior, and how to build path between environment-behavior, design and other competition courses.

On the morning of 20 November 2022, four Parallel Sessions were simultaneously held online. Reporters from 34 domestic and foreign universities and scientific research institutions including Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Southeast University, Tianjin University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Nagoya University, Hiroshima University, Hong Kong Chinese University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, etc., participated in the sessions and shared their latest research about environment-behavior. The number of lectures was more than 80 in total and covered nine topics, including “urban renewal” “public space and community-building” and “behavior patterns of specific groups and environment” etc.

Presenter: Dong yang Wan, Beijing JiaoTong University

Presenter: Jiarui Wang, Shenyang Jianzhu University

Presenter: Yifang Jiang, Harbin Institute of Technology

Presenter: Weiying Wang, Shenyang, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Presenter: Masumi Fukasawa, Hiroshima University

The CEB-ASC 2022 Committee of Environment-Behavior of the Architectural Society of China, the 15^th International Conference on Environment-Behavior Studies showed the possibility of theoretical construction, methodology, and key technologies under the theme of “Environment-Behavior Research in a Multi-Value Context” and stimulated broad thinking about the core issue. It will certainly contribute to the research and application of this academic field in the future.