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The Environment of Human Settlements Human Well-Being in Cities

Proceedings of the Conference Held in Brussels, Belgium, April 1976

  • 1st Edition - December 22, 2013
  • Editors: P. Laconte, G. Epstein, J.E. Gibson
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 1 2 3 - 9
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 3 6 5 - 0

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The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, Volume 1 contains the proceedings of the Conference on the Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, held in Brussels, Belgium, in April 1976. The papers focus on the environmental implications of human settlements, with emphasis on the well-being of people living in cities. This volume is comprised of 31 chapters organized around four themes: modern technology for cities of today; decision-making for human well-being in cities (including political, legal and economic considerations); urban and land-use planning; and design as a component in urban policy. Ontario's resource recovery program is described, and interstate highway interchange communities as sites of future settlements are considered. The effects of highway noise in residential communities are also discussed, along with the role of remote sensing in habitat; financial and technical management for human settlements; human settlements as sociotechnical-economic processes; how to optimize urban density; and quantitative landscape evaluation for open space planning. This book will be of interest to engineers, scientists, and decision-makers concerned with local, national, regional, and global environmental problems related to human settlements.