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One of the objectives of the design of the built environment is to provide comfort, while minimizing energy demand. In order to account for the attributes of a climatic region, the designer needs to adapt the built form to the natural environment. Within the constraints of declining nonrenewable resources, achievement of the objective of comfort requires sensitivity to an integrative perspective of the individual built form within the urban space. Such integration recognizes that there is no optimal design; rather, there are certain features of the physical environment and a set of human needs which seek satisfaction. It is the responsibility of the designer to plan so as to satisfy these needs. Such planning requires a clear understanding of design to ‘best fit’ the built environment to human physiology and behavior.
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Givoni, B., Orlick, L. (1985). Planning for Comfort in Hot Dry Climatic Regions. In: Gradus, Y. (eds) Desert Development. The GeoJournal Library, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5396-3_5
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