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| Energy Conservation | 3 |
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| Design and Environment | 12 |
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| Carpenter, Edward K. | 1 |
| Ferebee, Ann | 1 |
| Goodman, Robert | 1 |
| Opat, Ellen-Jane | 1 |
| Vrchota, Janet | 1 |
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Design and Environment, 1975
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Environmental Education, Traffic Circulation, Transportation
Design and Environment, 1971
Briefly describes man-environment research projects sponsored by HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) in its current three-year-old research program. (The Man-Environment Research report is the source of information for this review.) (PR)
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Influences, Environmental Research, Federal Aid
de Graaf, Peter – Design and Environment, 1975
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Energy Conservation, Environmental Education, Traffic Circulation
Design and Environment, 1975
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)
Descriptors: Administration, Case Studies, Design, Environment
Cliff, Ursula – Design and Environment, 1975
This article traces the history and development of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation. This foundation has been notably successful in preserving neighborhoods for their original inhabitants and now has the first urban renewal program to be based on historic preservation for poor people. (BT)
Descriptors: Community Change, Development, Ghettos, Neighborhood Improvement
Goodman, Robert – Design and Environment, 1971
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Citizen Participation, Environmental Influences, Social Action
Ferebee, Ann – Design and Environment, 1975
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Energy Conservation, Environmental Education, Fuel Consumption
Cliff, Ursula – Design and Environment, 1976
Reviewed herein are the ideas of nine men who have addressed themselves to the problems of human settlements in this century. The ideas reviewed include those of Arnold Toynbee, Lewis Mumford, Hassan Fathy, Buckminster Fuller, Constantinos Doxiadis, Charles Correa, Paul Mwaluko, Robert McNamara and John F. C. Turner. (BT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Housing, Housing Needs, Migrants
Opat, Ellen-Jane – Design and Environment, 1976
Three case studies describe successful squatter settlements in Panama City, Panama, San Salvador, El Salvador and Lusaka, Zambia and show how governments have improved the condition of squatters by utilizing government loans, sites and services projects, foreign technical and financial aid and private non-profit developers, instead of eliminating…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Housing, Housing Needs
Burns, Jim – Design and Environment, 1976
The report, Connections, details case studies of how ten American cities could be revitalized through re-use. Excerpts from that report, focusing on Atlantic City, New Jersey and Memphis, Tennessee, are detailed. (BT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Change, Development, Municipalities
Vrchota, Janet – Design and Environment, 1974
In the fall of 1973, Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted an ambitious citywide exhibit of monumental public sculpture. Thirteen public sculptures were placed around the city as the result of cooperation between civic leaders (plus the co-sponsorship of the museum) and art professionals. (BT)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art, Community Involvement, Cultural Context
Carpenter, Edward K. – Design and Environment, 1975
This article describes several projects currently underway in Minneapolis to overcome the problems of poor population density, no downtown after-dark activity, lack of a mass transit system, pollution, congestion and a cold climate. Solutions include parkways, enclosed public space, the new-town-in-town concept, greenways, and restoration. (BT)
Descriptors: Dropouts, Environmental Influences, Land Use, Metropolitan Areas
