ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

This book is a compilation of papers presented at a multi-disciplinary conference on environmental quality, which was sponsored by the school of the built environment at Edinburgh University. The paper are as follows: Environmental quality: Introduction, Coppock, JT; Urban climates and micro-climates, Gloyne, RW; Air pollution and the build environment, Crosbie, AJ; Urban environment and physical health, Crofton, EC; The evaluation of visual intrusion in transport situations, Hopkinson, RG; Evaluating community preferences, Hoinville, G; The assessment of environmental standards, Waller, RA; The role of perceptions of professionals in environmental decision-making, Derrick Sewell, WR; Costs of environmental quality-the role of cost-benefit analysis, Jones, PMS; Urban environments and mental health, Philip, AE; perceptions of environmental quality on housing estates, Byrom, C; Environmental perceptions in a deprived area, MacLean, V; Practical aspects at local authority level, Amos, FJC; Lies, damned lies, and decision-making, Brooks, E. /TRRL/

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• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 215 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Scottish Academic Press Limited
  • Publisher: Scottish Academic Press
  • ISSN: 7011-20320

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Air pollution; Attitudes; Benefit cost analysis; City planning; Climate; Decision making; Environment; Environmental protection; Health; Housings; Improvements; Land use; Local government agencies; Parking; Perception; Population; Psychology; Quality control; Residential areas; Sociology; Sound; Traffic; Transportation; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Weather; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality; Visual intrusions
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 1394: Catalytic converter; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 2248: Decision process; 2455: Environment; 2144: Health; 9108: Improvement; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 356: Land use; 192: Local authority; 1054: Network (traffic); 955: Parking; 2229: Perception; 335: Population; 2255: Psychology; 9063: Quality; 307: Residential area; 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 354: Town planning; 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area; 2545: Weather
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134173
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM