Download or read book Urban Alternatives written by Edward A. Wolff and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Alternatives contains the proceedings of the USERC Environmental Resources and Urban Development Workshop held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland in November 1975. The workshop aims to obtain information on the technical implications of various possible urban development decisions. This book details the descriptions of the workshop and the process used to arrive at the recommendations. The workshops are organized into topics of urban development, energy, communications, meteorology, water resources, public health, in-situ sensing, remote sensing, socio-economic problems, and science technology and government.