Faces and the City advances the understanding of the role of faces and face representations, their meanings and interpretations, in physical and digital urban space.
This comprehensive study builds ……続きを見る
Winner of the 2007 E.B. Burwell, Jr. Award of the Geological Society of AmericaMining activity has left a legacy of hazards to the environment, such as waste, unstable ground and contamination, whic……続きを見る
Winner of the 2004 Claire P. Holdredge Award of the Association of Engineering Geologists (USA).The only book to concentrate on the relationship between geology and its implications for construction……続きを見る
This book reviews the techniques used to improve the engineering behaviour of soils, either in situ or when they are used as a construction material. It is a straightforward, well illustrated and re……続きを見る
Natural hazards cost the global economy over $50,000 million per year. Two thirds of this is spent on damage repair, the remainder represents the cost of predicting, preventing and mitigating agains……続きを見る
This book provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dam……続きを見る
In "Der Rhein von Basel bis Mannheim mit Begründung der Nothwendigkeit, diesen Strom zu regulieren" untersucht Johann Gottfried Tulla die Herausforderungen und Chancen, die der Rhein als bedeutender……続きを見る
This book presents a novel examination of urban commons which provides a robust base for education initiatives and future public policy guidance on the protection and use of urban commons as invalua……続きを見る
A collection of the latest work on the city, presenting contemporary theories, methods and perspectives in an accessible format for upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, cultura……続きを見る
What makes a city? What makes architecture? And, what is to be included in the discussions of architecture and the city? Attempting to answer such ambitious questions, this book starts from a city’s……続きを見る
