The editors of Design and Environment invited readers to submit entries to a new Awards for Excellence in Environmental Design Program. This capsule report reviews the winning projects. (BT)

This report investigates the concept of the Quality of Life (QOL) and presents a developmental methodology for constructing a measurement scheme to assess the QOL. A brief synopsis is given of the research that has been done in this area to date including various guidelines and rationale used in attempting to develop a meaningful social indicator…

Outlines the goals and rationale for a built environment educational program and describes some of the current materials and programs in the field. (IRT)

Describes the Environmental Control policies and legislation in Chicago, Illinois concerning air, water, noise, solid waste management, urban life, and food protection. This article is the first of a series dealing with urban environmental health situations. (MA)

An urban designer discusses environmental design as an interdisciplinary art. This volume serves as a general introduction to the subject, and is a casebook for encouraging an interprofessional view of environmental design. It is also a basic guide for the layman interested in knowing how the environment in which he lives can be improved. The…

Early in 1981 the chief executives of ten major environmental and conservation organizations began meeting for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of their organizations in helping to protect the nation's environmental quality. This agenda represents 4 years of work by these and other individuals, and it attempts to collectively reflect the…