ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - a series of on-line introductory tutorials   Anne R. Beer BA MCivic Design Dip LA MRTPI - Environmental Planner, Professor Emeritus - University of Sheffield - UK

Social Aspects of Planning and Designing Housing -Tutorials	Urban Environmental Sustainability Tutorials	Urban Density & Green Structure Studies
These tutorials have been developed for Internet from computer aided learning programs written by Professor Anne R. Beer. They are derived from notes developed while teaching and researching in the Department of Landscape at the University of Sheffield - © Anne R. Beer, 1994 , 1997 and 1999.	These texts are copyrighted. Students and others may précis the contents of these pages but they may not copy pieces of text greater than 500 words in length and should always acknowledge the source of the sections they copy.	Environmental planning web-based tutorials © Anne R. Beer, 1999

This series of web-based tutorials aims to introduce those seeking to widen their understanding of planning and designing residential environments to a broad range of the environmental and social issues, which need to be considered when drawing up proposals for new or renovated housing; they deal with the environmental settings for daily life. The tutorials have been designed for use by: students of town planning, architecture, landscape design, estate management and civil engineering members of local community action groups members and officers of public bodies charged with the provision of new settlements, or the regeneration of existing housing areas professionals working directly on live projects. The views expressed here are those of the author. They have derived from working as a practitioner in the layout and design of housing areas for over 10 years, as well as 20 years' experience of teaching students on both undergraduate and postgraduate professional planning and design courses. Helping students work through the very complex issues involved in the site planning and design process helped to clarify the problems that need to be addressed - the author would like to thank all the ex-students of Landscape Design at the University of Sheffield in particular, for their help. If you have any ideas about information that you would like to see added, for instance: more recent research or post occupancy evaluations than those cited here links to relevant websites a paper you have produced which you think could be usefully linked to this website, or an idea you would like to expand on - please click - email Return to the Top of the Page

Social aspects of Planning and Designing Housing Areas By using this tutorial the student is able to: i) gain a quick overview of some of the environmental and social issues which need consideration at the site planning and design stages of new housing and regeneration schemes ii) gain some understanding of where to find information from social researchers in relation to users' needs in the external environments (the space between the buildings) in our cities and towns iii) access relevant bibliographies which are provided with each tutorial. The references included here are not intended to be exhaustive - the student will still need to undertake a full library search to broaden and update any of the references cited here. Anyone wanting to add more up to date references to these lists should click here. This on-line tutorial consists of notes relating to the social factors involved in the planning and design of Housing Areas. There are 5 UNITS - click one to start: Quality of Life - a discussion of some factors relating to the housing environment which influence people's perception of the quality of life. Designing Housing Areas - a discussion of how the detail of a design might influence people's satisfaction with their housing environment. Children's Play - a discussion of the factors to be considered when designing for children in housing areas. (This Unit is in the process of being converted from a CD-Rom-based multimedia format to a web-based format. It will be on-line from December 1999. A summary of the contents is available if you click here . Local Open Spaces and Greenspace - a discussion of people's need for accessible greenspace within and adjacent to housing areas. Special needs - a discussion of the need to produce designs which work for those who have disabilities or special needs. It also deals with the needs of older residents living in their own homes.  Top of the Page

Urban Environmental Sustainability This tutorial is in the process of being converted from a CD-Rom-based multimedia format to a web-based format. It will be on-line from December 1999. A summary of the contents is available if you click here. Through using this tutorial the student is able to: i) gain a quick overview of the issues which need consideration in the sustainable planning of new areas of settlement and in the planning of regeneration schemes ii) gain some understanding of where to find information about environmental sustainability as it relates to town planning iii) access relevant bibliographies which are provided with each tutorial. The references included here are not intended to be exhaustive - the student will still need to undertake a full library search to broaden and update any of the references cited here. Anyone wanting to add more up to date references to these lists should click here. If you would prefer to run these tutorials without being on- line, the set of webpages can be bought from: MAP21 Ltd. Please click to contact us and explain your requirements - we shall then quote a fixed price. (You could, of course, download the pages individually without charge, but there are over 200 pages!)   If you would like to suggest some relevant Internet links which should be added to these pages, please click here.   Top of the Page

Latest update October 1999