Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Parsons, Ken

Taylor & Francis Ltd

04/2025

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9781032503325

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Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Part 1: Environmental Ergonomics

Chapter 1: Environmental Ergonomics

Chapter 2. Measuring the environment

Chapter 3. Measuring and predicting human response to the environment

Part 2: Thermal Environments

Chapter 4. Environmental ergonomics and the assessment of the thermal environment

Chapter 5. Case study - thermal comfort in an open plan office

Chapter 6. Case study - The avoidance of heat casualties in special forces selection trials

Chapter 7. Case study - Environmental ergonomics survey of a cold store

Part 3: Environmental Ergonomics and the assessment of noise and the acoustic environment

Chapter 8. Human response to the acoustic environment

Chapter 9. Case study - An environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a paper mill

Chapter 10. Noise annoyance

Chapter 11. Case study - Environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a call centre in a large open plan office

Part 4: Vibration

Chapter 12. Human response to whole-body vibration

Chapter 13: Case study: Assessment of vibration ride quality in a petrol and electric car

Chapter 14. Case study - Assessment of vibration in an office

Chapter 15. Human response to holding a vibrating object

Chapter 16. Case study - Assessment of vibration at work in a dockyard involving vibrating tools

Part 5: Environmental Ergonomics, Light and the visual environment

Chapter 17. Human response to light

Chapter 18. Case study - Environmental ergonomics lighting survey of an open plan office

Part 6: Environmental Ergonomics and Air Quality

Chapter 19. Air Quality

Chapter 20. Case study - Environmental Ergonomics assessment of air quality in a university dining Hall.

Part 7: Environmental Ergonomics for diverse environments and diverse populations

Chapter 21. Environmental Ergonomics in diverse environments

Chapter 22. Environmental Ergonomics, Individual differences and diverse populations

Part 8: Environmental Ergonomics and integrated environments

Chapter 23 Integrated environments

Chapter 24 Case study - An integrated environmental ergonomics assessment of a 'gold-standard' office.

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

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Appendix 8

Appendix 9

Appendix 10

Appendix 11

Appendix 12

References

Index
Thermal transfer;Noise Pollution;Air Pressure;Environmental Human Factors;Air Quality;Vibrations