Human and energy factors in urban planning : a systems approach : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Factors Influencing Urban Design," Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 2-13, 1979

Libran 01 ('ongre!t' eoltaluJ(lRg an f~ublil•illion Data NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Factors Influencing Urban Design" (1979 : Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) Human and energy factors in l!rban planning. Front Matter....Pages I-VI General Introduction....Pages 1-1 Front Matter....Pages 3-3 Systems: Introduction....Pages 5-5 Systems and Models in Urban Design - A Tutorial Overview....Pages 7-33 Systems Analysis of the ‘First and Second Generations’....Pages 35-52 Structure and Usefulness of Planning Information Systems....Pages 53-63 Planning and the Systems Approach: Exploding Some Myths, Creating a Reality....Pages 65-78 Methods: Introduction....Pages 79-79 Human Settlements as Self-Organizing Open Systems....Pages 81-119 Multi-Criteria Analysis and Fuzzy Set Theory Applications to Urban Design....Pages 121-149 The Systems Approach in Physical Planning: An Illustrated Consideration of its Possibilities and Limitations....Pages 151-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Human Subsystems: Introduction....Pages 159-159 Urban Design and Human Systems: On Ways of Relating Buildings to Urban Fabric....Pages 161-184 Urban Design: Some Relevant Social Forces in Developing Societies....Pages 185-193 Urban Design and the Role of Traditional Urban Systems....Pages 195-203 Energy Subsystems - Introduction....Pages 205-205 Urbanization and the Global Energy Problem....Pages 207-234 Assessment of the Energy Consumption of Urban Forms....Pages 235-264 Well-Being in Cities - The Low-Energy City....Pages 265-279 The Energy Crisis and Urban Form: A Comment....Pages 281-286 Physical Layout and Energy Consumption: The Case of Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium....Pages 287-295 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 The “Misperception” of Car Running Costs and its Impact on the Demand for Energy in the Transport Sector....Pages 297-318 Examining the Effectiveness of a Car Running Cost Meter....Pages 319-324 Energy and Territory: A Proposal for Research in an Area of Calabria....Pages 325-336 General Conclusion....Pages 337-338 Erratum to:Systems and Models in Urban Design-A Tutorial Overview....Pages 345-345 Back Matter....Pages 339-344 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, July 2-13, 1979