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

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