The Environment of Human Settlements Human Well-Being in Cities

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

P. Laconte, G. Epstein, J.E. Gibson

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9780080209784
• eBook ISBN: 9781483153650
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

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.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities
• Copyright Page
• Table Of Contents
• Dedication
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1. ONTARIO'S RESOURCE RECOVERY PROGRAMME
• Chapter 2. ACCESSIBILITY FOR GOODS AND PEOPLE
• Chapter 3. AN EXPLORATION OF INTERSTATEHIGHWAY INTERCHANGE COMMUNITIESAS SITES OF FUTURE SETTLEMENTS
• Chapter 4. WERC BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON THEENVIRONMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS:IMPLEMENTATION: POLITICALDECISION-MAKING
• Chapter 5. EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY NOISE INRESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES
• Chapter 6. THE GREAT AMERICAN BICENTENNIALURBAN PRESERVE
• Chapter 7. DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN THE CANADIANURBAN SOCIAL-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
• Chapter 8. THE ROLE OF REMOTE SENSING IN HABITAT
• Chapter 9. LEGISLATION AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT
• Chapter 10. FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENTFOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
• Chapter 11. HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AS SOCIOTECHNICALECONOMICPROCESSES
• Chapter 12. PLANNING FOR UNCERTAINTYAN APPROACH FOR DECISION MAKERS1
• Chapter 13. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, PUBLIC GOODAMENITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY:AN OPERATIONAL POLICY
• Chapter 14. GUARDING FOR CLEAN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• Chapter 15. THE PROGRAMME FOR NOISE CONTROLIN THE CITY OF TORONTO
• Chapter 16. THE GROWTH OF BRADFORD, ENGLANDWITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THEPROBLEMS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTAND THE SOLUTIONS SO FAR PUT FORWARD
• Chapter 17. DEVELOPMENT WITH A COMPATIBLEMINIMUM OF POLLUTION
• Chapter 18. PLANNING FORMS FOR 20TH - CENTURY CITIES
• Chapter 19. OPTIMIZING URBAN DENSITY
• Chapter 20. URBAN EXTENSIONS IN BELGIUM:A CASE STUDY IN THE FRAMEWORK OFURBANIZED NORTH WESTERN EUROPE
• Chapter 21 . QUANTITATIVE LANDSCAPE EVALUATIONFOR OPEN SPACE PLANNING
• Chapter 22. LAND-USE MAPS FOR TOWN PLANNERS
• Chapter 23. MEASURING THE COSTS OF AN IMPROVEDURBAN ENVIRONMENT FOR LOW-COST HOUSING:THE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OFTHRESHOLD ANALYSIS
• Chapter 25. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTS INTHE DUTCH WADDEN SEA AREA
• Chapter 26. A NEW APPROACH TO URBAN WATERRESOURCES SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION
• Chapter 27. ENHANCING THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT
• Chapter 28. A METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE THEASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF AN EXISTINGURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA FROM THEPOINT OF VIEW OF ITS INHABITANTS
• Chapter 29. THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY AND ITSCAPACITY FOR CHANGE
• Chapter 30. WELLBEING IN CITIES AND THE FUTURE
• Chapter 31. USERC ENVIRONMENT RESOURCES ANDURBAN DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP