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  • Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment

    by Lee Bosher, Ksenia Chmutina ...
    Disaster Risk Reduction for the Built Environment provides a multi-facetted introduction to how a wide range of risk reduction options can be mainstreamed into formal and informal construction decision making processes, so that Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) can become part of the ‘developmental DNA’. The contents highlight the positive roles that practitioners such as civil and structural ... Read more

    $65.00 USD

  • Hazards and the Built Environment

    Attaining Built-in Resilience

    Edited by Lee Bosher ...
    As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money. When a natural or human-induced disaster hits a built-up area the amount of damage it does will depend largely on the extent to which the built assets in the area were developed to withstand it. To fail in this respect is therefore both ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Disasters and Changes in Society and Politics

    Contemporary Perspectives from Italy

    by Pietro Saitta, Isabella Tomassi, Elisabetta Dall'Ò, Enrico Mariani, Francesco De Pascale, Monia Del Pinto, Loredana Antronico, Silvia Pitzalis, Giovanni Gugg, Sara Zizzari, Gabriele Ivo Moscaritolo, Brunella Fiore, Francesco Danesi della Sala, Falli Palaiologou, Lee Bosher, Ksenia Chmutina, Mattia Bertin ...
    From earthquakes to oil spills, Italy is recurrently affected by different kinds of disasters. This book brings a critical perspective to post-disaster reconstruction and recovery, which can impact in both the short- and long- term upon society, politics and organizations.It is often assumed that disaster-hit areas return to normality or even 'build back better' thanks to the interventions of ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • Building Services Engineering

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  • HVAC Design Sourcebook

    by W. Larsen Angel ...
    THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HVAC DESIGNThis practical manual describes the HVAC system design process step by step using photographs, drawings, and a discussion of pertinent design considerations for different types of HVAC components and systems. Photographs of HVAC components in their installed condition illustrate actual size and proper configuration. Graphical representations of the components as ... Read more

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  • Construction Supervision

    by Jerald L. Rounds, Robert O. Segner ...
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    This book covers all supervisory situations one is likely to encounter on a commercial, industrial, or institutional construction project. The book is based upon a very successful Electrical Project Supervision (EPS) training program developed by Rounds and Segner for the National Electrical Contractor?s Association and licensed to several organizations representing other construction sectors. ... Read more

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  • Re-activation of Vacant Retail Spaces

    Strategies, Policies and Guidelines

    by Luca Tamini ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents an original methodology for analyzing urban retail systems, addressing the strong retail meltdown (increase in closed corner-shops and dead malls) that is severely affecting cities and suburban areas in Europe and the USA. Taking into account both spatial and regulative aspects, it offers a new approach to retailing and retail spaces developed within the urban planning field. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure

    Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Edited by Jerzy Charytonowicz ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book deals with human factors research directed towards realizing and assessing sustainability in the built environment. It reports on advanced engineering methods for sustainable infrastructure design, as well as on assessments of the efficient methods and the social, environmental, and economic impact of various designs and projects. The book covers a range of topics, including the use of ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Carpentry and Joinery 1

    by Brian Porter, Chris Tooke ...
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    $73.99 USD

  • Smart Urban Regeneration

    Visions, Institutions and Mechanisms for Real Estate

    Edited by Simon Huston ...
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  • Design-Build Project Delivery

    Managing the Building Process from Proposal Through Construction

    by Sidney M. Levy ...
    U.S. audience: architects (113,000), construction managers (389,000), engineers (228,000), urban and regional planners (32,000)All federally funded construction projects must be, by law, design-build projects ... Read more

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