Human and Energy Factors in Urban Planning: A Systems Approach: Proceedings of t

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 2-13, 1979

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 2-13, 1979

Table of Contents

1.0. General Introduction.- 2.0. Part 1 - Systems and Methods.- 2.1. Systems: Introduction.- 2.2. Systems and Models in Urban Design - A Tutorial Overview.- 2.3. Systems Analysis of 'The First and Second Generations'.- 2.4. Structure and Usefulness of Planning Information Systems.- 2.5. Planning and the Systems Approach - Exploding some Myths, Creating a Reality.- 2.6. Methods: Introduction.- 2.7. Human Settlements as Self-Organizing Open Systems.- 2.8. Multi-Criteria Analysis and Fuzzy Set Theory Applications to Urban Design.- 2.9. The Systems Approach in Physical Planning - An Illustrated Consideration of its Possibilities and Limitations.- 3.0. Part 2 - Subsystems.- 3.1. Human Subsystems: Introduction.- 3.2. Urban Design and Human Systems - On Ways of Relating Buildings to Urban Fabric.- 3.3. Urban Design - Some Relevant Social Forces in Developing Societies.- 3.4. Urban Design and the Role of Traditional Urban Systems.- 3.5. Energy Subsystems: Introduction.- 3.6. Urbanization and the Global Energy Problem.- 3.7. Assessment of the Energy Consumption of Urban Forms.- 3.8. Well-Being in Cities - The Low-Energy City.- 3.9. The Energy Crisis and Urban Form - A Comment.- 3.10. Physical Layout and Energy Consumption - The Case of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.- 3.11. The "Misperception" of Car Running Costs and its Impact on the Demand for Energy in the Transport Sector.- 3.12. Examining the Effectiveness of a Car Running Cost Meter.- 3.13. Energy and Territory - A Proposal for Research in an Area of Calabria.- 4.0. General Conclusion.- 5.0. About the Authors.

Details ISBN9024727294 Short Title HUMAN & ENERGY FACTORS IN URBA Publisher Springer Language English ISBN-10 9024727294 ISBN-13 9789024727292 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 330 Series Number 12 Year 1982 Publication Date 1982-10-31 Author Anatol Rapoport Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Edited by J.E. Gibson Birth 1911 Death 2007 Pages 344 DOI 10.1023/b120908;10.1007/978-94-009-7651-1 UK Release Date 1982-10-31 Illustrations VI, 344 p. Edition Description 1982 ed. Series NATO Science Series D: Edition 1982nd Subtitle Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Factors Influencing Urban Design" Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 2–13, 1979 Alternative 9789400976535 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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