Donald Appleyard was born on July 26, 1928 in England, where he was educated as a surveyor and architect. He later studied city planning in Massachussetts Institute of Technology and went on to teach there for six years. His interests became focused on the libability of cities and neighborhoods. Specifically, he conducted research on the effects of traffic upon the lives of local residents, how to manage traffic in residential areas and the conservation of neighborhoods. He was largely responsible for the environmental simulation laboratory which permits testing and comparing different environments and designs by use of models and video photography. Examples of the simulation laboratory work include: making films of the effects of future high-rise development on the San Francisco skyline, demonstrating the neighborhood impacts of alternative transportation technologies and evaluating the impact of a controversial interstate highway. At the University of California, Berkeley, his teaching was central in shaping the education of a new generation fo professionals sensitive to the physical environment as people experience it. Appleyard authored more than one hundred articles and professional reports as well as a host of books, including "The View From the Road" (1963), "Planning a Pluralistic City" (1967), "The Conservation of European Cities" (1979), "Improving the Residential Street Environment" (1981) and "Livable Streets" (1981). He died in Athens, Greece after being struck by a car on September 23, 1982.
From the description of Donald Appleyard papers, 1954-1982 (bulk 1966-1982). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872545
