RELEASE LIMITATION

This paper outlines the key human factors issues associated with urban operations. It first describes the urban operations environment from the commanders and soldiers perspective. It then uses their perspectives to identify the human factors which should be considered in the development of a system for conducting urban operations. The urban environment is characterised as comprising three subsystems, physical, functional and social, and discussion of the issues that influence human performance in urban warfare is structured around well established principles of human performance in combat, but relates these to the anticipated specific nature of urban warfare