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Human Ecology and the Development of Settlements
This book is the result of aseries of lectures organised by the Connnonwealth Human Ecology Council as aprelude to the Uni ted Nations Conference on Human Settlements, the HABITAT conference, which will take place in Vancouver, Canada, in May and June 1976. The lectures were given in London, England, during 1974 and 1975, most of them sponsored jointly with the Royal Connnonwealth Society. Four years ago, the Uni ted Nations Organisation was preparing for a major international conference concerned with problems of the human environment. This was the UN Conference on the Human Environment that took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1972. It was the culmination of a rising interest in the st...
Land and the Automobile
"This bibliography consists of selected references which deal with some aspects of the complex relationship between "land" and "the automobile". Of necessity, this overall topic has been subdivided and limited to six categories: 1) Urban form and growth, 2) Environmental quality and impact on land, 3) Impact on rural and northern areas, 4) Planning: transportation and land use, 5) Energy and economics, and 6) other references"--Introduction.
Planning Canadian Regions
Planning Canadian Regions is the first book to consolidate the history, evolution, current practice, and future prospects for regional planning in Canada. As planners grapple with challenges wrought by globalization, the evolution of massive new city-regions, and the pressures for sustainable and community economic development, a deeper understanding of Canada’s approaches is invaluable. Hodge and Robinson identify the intellectual and conceptual foundations of regional planning and review the history and main modes of regional planning for rural regions, economic development regions, resource development regions, and metropolitan and city-regions. They draw lessons from Canada’s past ex...
