wired - Environmental Science 6

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or socia……続きを見る

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, signed into law in 1972, dramatically redirected the nation’s water pollution control efforts and set out ambitious national goals, expressed both in terms o……続きを見る

Professional Practice for Landscape Architects third edition deals with the practical issues of being a successful landscape architect professional. Endorsed by the Landscape Institute, this book is……続きを見る

Giant earthquakes and tsunamis devastate western Oregon every 300 to 600 years. The last one hit in 1700, so we're due anytime. This informative, entertaining book tells the stories of Oregon's past……続きを見る

Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramification……続きを見る

Sacred spaces exemplify some of the most exciting and challenging architecture today. Designing Sacred Spaces tells the inside story of seven architecture firms and their approaches to designing chu……続きを見る

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 2,0, Sciences Po., Paris, language: English, abstract: This essay deals with the extent to wh……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Klima- und Umweltpolitik, Note: 1,0, Freie Universität Berlin (Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaften), Verans……続きを見る

Complexity theories gained prominence in the 1990s with a focus on self-organising and complex adaptive systems. Since then, complexity theory has become one of the fastest growing topics in both th……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Klima- und Umweltpolitik, Note: 1,7, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg (Politikwissenschaft), Veranstalt……続きを見る

The parlous state of our freshwater ecosystems is just one signal that we face a more widespread, and unprecedented, environmental crisis.New Zealand’s dairy industry is big business. But what are t……続きを見る

In diesem essential werden die Herausforderungen der Vermarktung regenerativ erzeugter Energie analysiert und exemplarisch auf Grünstrom und auf aus Biomasse erzeugte Energie angewendet. Dabei verbi……続きを見る

With the UK government‘s 2016 BIM threshold approaching, support for small organisations on interpreting, filtering and applying BIM protocols and standards is urgently required. Many small UK const……続きを見る

This second edition is fully revised and updated and includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practice. The book intro……続きを見る

Das vorliegende Fachbuch befasst sich mit der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung als Instrument zur Kommunikation und Bewertung der Nachhaltigkeitsleistung von Logistikunternehmen. Hierzu sind Kenntni……続きを見る

Deutschland wird seine bisher weitgehend auf fossilen Brennstoffen basierende Energieversorgung bis zum Jahr 2050 auf größtenteils regenerative Energien umstellen. Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger dieses ……続きを見る

Interdisciplinary in approach, this volume explores and deciphers the symbolic value and iconicity of the built environment in the Arab Gulf Region, its aesthetics, language and performative charact……続きを見る

Even though the idea of altering an existing building is presently a well established practice within the context of adaptive reuse, when the building in question is a 'mnemonic building', of recogn……続きを見る

Through close readings of individual serials and books and archival work on the publication history of the Gardener’s Magazine (1826-44) Sarah Dewis examines the significant contributions John and J……続きを見る

Image, Text, Architecture brings a radical and detailed analysis of the modern and contemporary architectural media, addressing issues of architectural criticism, architectural photography and the r……続きを見る

This book brings to light central topics that are neglected in current histories and theories of architecture and urbanism. These include the role of imitation in earlier centuries and its potential……続きを見る

Your guided tour to America’s employment crisis, the title says it all. Where Did the Jobs Goーand How Do We Get Them Back? is a clear, nonpartisan, surprisingly entertaining look at our nation’s cu……続きを見る

Want to “green up” your family? You have come to the right place! Whether you are a beginner or an environmental superstar, this series will help you introduce sustainable living concepts to your ch……続きを見る

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, th……続きを見る

In the wake of the Clean Air Amendments of 1970 in the United States, sources of emissions could be held accountable for the degradation of air quality in the local environment. This case study of a……続きを見る

Die Offshore-Windenergie wird in der zukünftigen Stromversorgung eine entscheidende Rolle spielen. Diese Entwicklung steht aber gerade erst an ihrem Anfang. Ein großes Team aus Forschung, Industrie,……続きを見る

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a global phenomenon which is gaining significant momentum across the world. Currently there is little information on how to realise and monitor benefits from ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1991, this study uses the 1983 outbreak of Giardiasis in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania as a case study to explore the social costs of waterborne illnesses to a community. With……続きを見る

Prepared and peer-reviewed by some of the foremost experts in the field, this easy-to-use pocket reference offers a wealth of information relating to wind energy and wind energy technologies. Topics……続きを見る

Global warming, renewable energy, expanding populations, sustainability--Climate of Uncertainty examines all issues with an objectivity and grace in an arena often fraught with dissent and extremism……続きを見る