The Environment of Human Settlements Human Well-Being in Cities

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.

Contenu

Introduction
I - Modern Technology for Cities of Today
Ontario's Resource Recovery Program
Accessibility for Goods and People
An Exploration of Interstate Highway Interchange Communities as Sites of Future Settlements
II - Decision Making for Human Well-Being in Cities

1. Political, Legal and Economic Consideration
   WERC Brussels Conference on the Environment of Human Settlements: Implementation: Political Decision-Making
   Effects of Highway Noise in Residential Communities
   The Great American Bicentennial Urban Preserve
   Decision-Making Process in the Canadian Urban Social-Cultural Environment
   The Role of Remote Sensing in Habitat
   Legislation and Human Settlement
   Financial and Technical Management for Human Settlements
   Human Settlements as Sociotechnical-Economic Processes
   Planning for Uncertainty: an Approach for Decision Makers
   Environmental Quality, Public Good Amenities and Local Government Policy: An Operational Policy
2. Case Studies in Urban Environment
   Guarding for Clean Urban Environment
   The Program for Noise Control in the City of Toronto
   The Growth of Bradford, England with Specific Reference to the Problems of Human Settlement and the Solutions so far Put forward
   Development with a Compatible Minimum of Pollution
   III - Urban and Land Use Planning
   Planning Forms for 20th-century Cities
   Optimizing Urban Density
   Urban Extensions in Belgium: A Case Study in the Framework of Urbanized North Western Europe
   Quantitative Landscape Evaluation for Open Space Planning
   Land-Use Maps for Town Planners
   Measuring the Costs of an Improved Urban Environment for Low-Cost Housing: The Potential Contribution of Threshold Analysis
3. Citizen Participation and Urban Policy
   Well-Being in Urban Extensions
   Planning and Developments in the Dutch Wadden Sea Area
4. Water Resources
   A New Approach to Urban Water Resources Systems Optimization
   IV - Design as an Aid to Solving Urban Problems
   Enhancing the Visual Environment
   A Methodology to Determine the Assets and Liabilities of an Existing Urban Residential Area from the Point of View of its Inhabitants
   The Identity of the City and its Capacity for Change
   V - Well-Being in Cities and the Future
   Wellbeing in Cities and the Future
   USERC Environment Resources and Urban Development Workshop