1. A computer system for generating an environment comprising: input means for receiving data including a plurality of districts defining areas in said environment representing elements in the environment and their locations; characteristic receiving means for receiving characteristics for each of said districts which distinguish one district from another district; concept generation means for generating a conceptual representation of the environment; transformation means for transforming said conceptual representation to at least one scene representing a view of the environment at a specified location within one of the plurality of districts; and a display for displaying said at least one scene with the represented elements automatically having the received characteristics of the one district.