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  • Collapsing Gracefully: Making a Built Environment that is Fit for the Future

    de Emilio Garcia, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This innovative book investigates the concept of collapse in terms of our built environment, exploring the future transition of modern cities towards scenarios very different from the current promises of progress and development. This is not a book about the end of the world and hopeless apocalyptic scenarios. It is about understanding change in how and where we live. Collapse is inevitable, but ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • The Environmental Impact of Cities

    Death by Democracy and Capitalism

    de Fabricio Chicca, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
    The Environmental Impact of Cities assesses the environmental impact that comes from cities and their inhabitants, demonstrating that our current political and economic systems are not environmentally sustainable because they are designed for endless growth in a system which is finite.It is already well documented that political, economic and social forces are capable of shaping cities and their ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Wealth and the Built Environment

    de Emilio José García, Brenda Vale ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The need to address global environmental problems is urgent. The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cover a wide range of global concerns, from poverty, hunger, and gender equity to justice and climate action. Concerningly, the SDGs still have faith in economic growth and technological innovation as the means of fixing all global concerns, including climate change. What is not ... Leer más

    $170.99 USD

  • Heating with Wolves, Cooling with Cacti

    Thermo-bio-architectural Framework (ThBA)

    de Negin Imani, Brenda Vale ...
    This book describes the detailed process behind the development of a comprehensive thermo-bio-architectural framework (the ThBA). This framework systematically connects the thermal performance requirements of a building to relevant solutions found in the natural world. This is the first time that architecture has been connected to biology in this manner. The book provides an in-depth understanding ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Prefabs

    A History of the UK Temporary Housing Programme

    de Brenda Vale ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1995, this book unravels the history of the ‘temporary bungalow’ and shows that perhaps it was more a question of providing a new peace-time product for factories than a means of providing accommodation for the homeless. Built in a period of housing history which remains fascinating for architects and planners and admired by some of their first occupants but berated by ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • Everyday Lifestyles and Sustainability

    The Environmental Impact Of Doing The Same Things Differently

    Edición de Fabricio Chicca, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale ...
    The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth’s bio-capacity to supply humanity’s needs, meaning that people are living off earth’s capital rather than its income. However, not all countries are equal and this book explores why apparently similar patterns of daily living can lead to larger and smaller environmental impacts.The contributors describe daily life in many different places in ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Unravelling Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment

    de Emilio Jose Garcia, Brenda Vale ...
    In this timely book, Emilio Jose Garcia and Brenda Vale explore what sustainability and resilience might mean when applied to the built environment. Conceived as a primer for students and professionals, it defines what the terms sustainability and resilience mean and how they are related to each other and to the design of the built environment. After discussion of the origins of the terms, these ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment

    Principles for Evaluation

    de Brenda Vale, Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Emina K. Petrović ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach. The book evaluates the issues involved in choosing materials from an ecosystem services perspective ... Leer más

    $193.99 USD

  • Sustainable Building and Built Environments to Mitigate Climate Change in the Tropics

    Conceptual and Practical Approaches

    Edición de Robert Vale, Brenda Vale, Tri Harso Karyono ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a selection of the best papers presented during the International conference on Mitigating and Adapting Built Environments for Climate Change in the Tropics, held at Tanri Abeng University (TAU), Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2015.The book is divided into four main parts. The first part deals with the general issue of climate change, the cause and the ways to mitigate and to adapt the ... Leer más

    $107.09 USD

  • Living within a Fair Share Ecological Footprint

    Edición de Robert Vale, Brenda Vale ...
    According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth’s capacity to supply humanity’s needs. This is an unsustainable position. This book does not focus on the problem but on the solution, by showing what it is like to live within a fair earth share ecological footprint.The authors describe numerical methods used to calculate this, concentrating on low ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Sustainable Living: the Role of Whole Life Costs and Values

    de Nalanie Mithraratne, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale ...
    Achieving a sustainable building is not just a matter of design and construction: what happens once the building is occupied is absolutely critical. This book shows how the choices designers, developers and building users make impact on sustainability over the life span of the building. The authors show how a holistic approach considering costs, energy use, environmental impact, global warming ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

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  • Five Rules for Tomorrow's Cities

    Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing Middle Class

    de Patrick M. Condon ...
    How we design our cities over the next four decades will be critical for our planet. If we continue to spill excessive greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, we will run out of time to keep our global temperature from increasing. Since approximately 80% of greenhouse gases come from cities, it follows that in the design of cities lies the fate of the world.As urban designers respond to the critical ... Leer más

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