School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation

Guido Francescato
Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Published Work:

Aragonés, J.I., Francescato, G. and Garling, T. (eds.) Residential Environments: Choice, Satisfaction and Behavior. Westport, Connecticut - London: Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Francescato, G. Residential Satisfaction Research: The case For and Against, in Aragonés, J.I., Francescato, G. and Garling, T. (eds.) Residential Environments: Choice, Satisfaction and Behavior. Westport, Connecticut - London: Bergin & Garvey, 2002.

Francescato, G. Residential Satisfaction, in van Vliet--, W. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Housing, Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage, 1997.

Francescato, G. Learning from Large-Scale Residential Satisfaction Surveys, in Despres, C. and Piche, D. (ed.) Housing Surveys: Advances in Theory and MethodsQuebec: Centre de recherce en amenagement et developpement, Universite Laval. 1996.

Francescato, G. Meaning and Use: A Conceptual Basis, in Arias, E.G (ed.) The Meaning and Use of Housing , Aldershot, Hants, U.K.: Avebury, 1993.

Francescato, G. Housing Quality: Technical and Non-Technical Aspects. European Symposium on Management, Quality and Economics in Housing and Other Building Sectors , Lisbon, 1991.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., and Anderson, J.R., Evaluating the Built Environment from the Users' Point of View: An Attitudinal Model of Residential Satisfaction, in Preiser, W.F.E. (ed.) Building Evaluation , New York: Plenum Press, 1989.

Francescato, G. Planning and Design Aspects in the Quality of Multifamily Housing: The U.S. and European Experience, 11th Congress of the International Council for Building Research Studies and Documentation (CIB) , Theme I, Vol. II, Paris, 1989.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., and Anderson, J.R. Residential Satisfaction: Its Uses and Limitations in Housing Research, in van Vliet-, W., H. Choldin, W. Michelson, and D. Popenoe (eds.) Housing and Neighborhoods , Theoretical and Empirical Contributions, New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.

Francescato, G. The Quality of the Residential Environment: European Housing after World War II, in Romanos, M. (ed.) Western European Cities in Crisis , New York: Heath, Lexington Books, 1979.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J.R., and Chenoweth, R. Residents' Satisfaction in HUD-Assisted Housing: Design and Management Factors , Washington: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1979.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., and Anderson, J.R. User Needs: Evaluating Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families. Man-Environment Systems , Vol.7, No. 6, 1977, pp. 374-375.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J.R., and Chenoweth, R. Predictors of Resident's Satisfaction in High-Rise and Low-Rise Housing, Journal of Architectural Research , 4/3, December 1975, pp. 4-9. Reprinted in Conway, D. (ed.) Human response to Tall Buildings , Stroudsburg, PA: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, 1976.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J.R., and Chenoweth, R. A Systematic Method of Evaluating Multifamily Housing. DMG-DRS Journal , Vol. 9, No. 2, April-June, 1975, pp. 153- 158. Reprinted in Ekistics , January, 1976, pp. 60-63.

Anderson, J.R., Weidemann, S., Chenoweth, R., and Francescato, G. Resident Satisfaction: Criteria for the Evaluation of Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families, in Papers of the 1974 National Conference of the American Institute of Planners , Washington, 1974.

Francescato, G. "Comments on the Paper of Jan R. Gustafson and Per Holm". Papers and Proceedings of the 1974 World Congress of the International Federation of Housing and Planning, Vienna, Austria , The Hague, 1974.

Francescato, G. "Comments on the Paper of Hugo Priemus". Papers and Proceedings of the 1974 World Congress of the International Federation of Housing and Planning, Vienna, Austria , The Hague, 1974.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J.R., and Chenoweth, R., Evaluating Residents' Satisfaction in Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families: A Multimethod Approach, in Carson, D.H. (ed.) Man-Environment Interactions: Evaluations and Applications , Vol 5 (Methods and Measures), EDRA, 1974.

Francescato, G., Weidemann, S., Anderson, J.R., and Chenoweth, R. A Multimethod Approach to the Evaluation of Residents' Satisfaction in Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families, in Ural, O. (ed.) Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Lower Cost Housing Problems , Vol. 1, pp. 98-114, Montreal, 1974.