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City Design describes the history and current practice of the four most widely accepted approaches to city design: the Modernist city of towers and highways that, beginning in the 1920s, has come to……続きを見る

Why are old technologies persisted with after better alternatives have been invented? This book examines this question, a central concern of evolutionary economics, specifically focusing on renewabl……続きを見る

After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are cr……続きを見る

Tired of speaking to like-minded people, San Francisco blogger and radio journalist Rose Aguilar quit her job, bought a Toyota van, picked up her boyfriend, and took off on a six-month road trip thr……続きを見る

This is a compilation of the full year's information, including: the "Discussion" section, where well-known architects and critics as well as specialist authors and architectural historians articula……続きを見る

Das Buch stellt die umfangreichen Möglichkeiten nachträglicher Abdichtungen im erdberührten Bereich vor. Ziel ist die Darstellung der wichtigsten Technologien und verwendbaren Materialien. Das Autor……続きを見る

Nach einer Einführung in die Grundlagen der Geothermie werden die wichtigsten thermischen und hydraulischen Parameter in ihrer Bedeutung behandelt. Das nunmehr bereits in der 2., überarbeiteten und ……続きを見る

Kostensicherheit in der Bauplanung wird zunehmend ein wesentlicher Teil des Projekterfolgs. Das Buch enthält alle wesentlichen Informationen, die notwendig sind, Baukosten sachgemäß zu planen und er……続きを見る

Die Bautechnischen Zahlentafeln, seit 80 Jahren ein unentbehrliches Standardwerk für die Bautechnik, beinhalten den neuesten Stand der Normung und Technik. Für die 35. Auflage wurden die Zahlentafel……続きを見る

Moderne praxis-, ziel- und ergebnisorientierte Steuerungsinstrumente, die für eine erfolgreiche und qualitätsgesicherte Projektabwicklung erforderlich sind, werden in dieser Auflage umfassend darges……続きを見る

Die Autoren entwickeln ein Insight-Mobility-Konzept, in dem vier Entscheidungsalternativen aus kundenrelevanter Sicht unterschieden werden: „Ich fahre“, „Ich werde gefahren“, „Ich lasse fahren“, „Ic……続きを見る

Dieses Buch richtet sich an alle am Bauprozess Beteiligten, die sich mit Fragen der Bauleitung und Überwachung von Bauprojekten beschäftigen. Es bietet eine praktisch anwendbare, technisch und juris……続きを見る

Urban shrinkage is rising to the top of the political agenda in Europe as more cities are shrinking in the prolonged economic downturn we encounter. Coupled with unprecedented budgetary austerity an……続きを見る

Anmerkung: Die 3. Auflage dieses Buches ist im Dezember 2025 erschienen. Was wissen Bauingenieure heute über die Herkunft der Baustatik? Wann und welcherart setzte das statische Rechnen im Entwurfsp……続きを見る

This edition contains Vol. I & II, Abridged, Annotated By any account, Edward Henry Harriman was a fascinating individual and a titan of the railroad industry. What Rockefeller was to oil, Harriman ……続きを見る

Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential t……続きを見る

NABCEP sets the standard for solar certifications in the United States and Canada. The NABCEP PV Technical Sales Certification shows customers, friends and employers that you are knowledgeable and q……続きを見る

Port Management brings together a collection of seminal papers from Palgrave’s journal Maritime Economics and Logistics. It is a dynamic volume, containing contributions from leading authors with di……続きを見る

This book brings together 106 papers presented at the Joint Conferences of 2015 International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering Technology (CSET2015) and 2015 International Conference o……続きを見る

Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport: Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance provides a detailed review of lightweight composite materials and structures and discusses their use in……続きを見る

Architecture and Adaptation discusses architectural projects that use computational technology to adapt to changing conditions and human needs. Topics include kinetic and transformable structures, d……続きを見る

Invoking the notion of ‘cosmopolitics’ from Bruno Latour and Isabelle Stengers, this volume shows how and why cities constitute privileged sites for studying the search for and composition of common……続きを見る

The Gold Coast is a well-known and loved destination for local and international tourists, a city of surf and sun, pleasure and leisure. However, it is also one of the fastest growing cities in Aust……続きを見る

Dry stone retaining structures are structures made of individual decimeter stone blocks in contact. One advantage of this construction technology lies in the weak amount of embodied energy required ……続きを見る

Following the introduction of the uniform business rate in 1990, local property taxation changed dramatically, whilst retaining many of its historical and familiar characteristics. Rating Law and Va……続きを見る

Policing in Britain was changed fundamentally by the rapid emergence of the automobile at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book seeks to examine how the police reacted to this challenge ……続きを見る

Basic Structures provides the student with a clear explanation of structural concepts, using many analogies and examples. Real examples and case studies show the concepts in use, and the book is wel……続きを見る

Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979,complaints about 'sick buildings', thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the need for good air quality, ……続きを見る

What is landscape architecture? Is it gardening, or science, or art? In this book, Bruce Sharky provides a complete overview of the discipline to provide those that are new to the subject with the f……続きを見る

Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financia……続きを見る