This book discusses human factors research directed towards realizing and assessing
sustainability in the built environment. It reports on advanced engineering methods for
sustainable infrastructure design as well as on assessments of the efficient methods and the
social environmental and economic impact of various designs and projects. The book covers a
range of topics including the use of recycled materials in architecture ergonomics in
buildings and public design sustainable design for smart cities design for the aging
population industrial design human scale in architecture and many more. Based on the AHFE
2018 International Conference on Human Factors Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure
held on July 21-25 2018 in Orlando Florida USA it offers various perspectives on
sustainability and ergonomics. As such it is a valuable reference resource for designers
urban engineers architects infrastructure professionals public infrastructure owners policy
makers government engineers and planners as well as operations managers and academics active
in urban and infrastructure research.
