ABSTRACT
This book concerns the landscapes in which we live. It has suggested how construction, deemed necessary for civilized development, can best be adapted to make optimal use of land resources. Allocation or conservation of certain types of land should be pursued vigorously. But it would be socially callous or blatantly hedonistic to expect that our own regional landscapes should be preserved everywhere in their traditional shape in a world of still increasing human numbers and stark inequality of opportunity in use of resources.
