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  • Wild Spaces in Urban Development

    Grassroots Imaginaries in a Globalising World

    de Amartya Deb ...
    This fascinating book examines how microsites of spontaneous nature can reframe our understanding of the relationship between urban development and green space.Metropolitan cities are facing stark inequalities of green space distribution, hindering goals of sustainable development. But outside of human control, spontaneous nature grows in spaces that are neglected or are unaccounted for. Drawing ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

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  • Biophilic Design

    The Theory, Science and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life

    de Stephen R. Kellert, Judith Heerwagen, Martin Mador ...
    "When nature inspires our architecture-not just how it looks but how buildings and communities actually function-we will have made great strides as a society. Biophilic Design provides us with tremendous insight into the 'why,' then builds us a road map for what is sure to be the next great design journey of our times."-Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chairman, U.S. Green Building ... Leer más

    $85.00 USD

  • Zoo Ethics

    The Challenges of Compassionate Conservation

    de Jenny Gray ...
    Well-run modern zoos and aquariums do important research and conservation work and teach visitors about the challenges of animals in the wild and the people striving to save them. They help visitors to consider their impact and think about how they can make a difference. Yet for many there is a sense of disquiet and a lingering question remains – can modern zoos be ethically justified? Zoo Ethics ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • Reshaping Environments

    An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World

    Edición de Helena Bender ...
    Reshaping Environments: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sustainability in a Complex World draws together a team of specialist authors from disciplines including urban planning, social sciences, engineering and environmental science to examine the diverse influences humans have upon the natural environment. This interdisciplinary approach presents multifaceted responses for complex environmental ... Leer más

    $77.99 USD

  • Consensus Design

    de Rosie Parnell, Christopher Day ...
    Consensus Design offers a practical step by step guide to co-design; an increasingly important consideration for architects as they compete for work. The text moves from identifying the methodology of the process to developing a series of principles and practical steps which illustrate how consensus design can be established. For easy reference, flow charts show the process of achieving consensus ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Tropical Sustainable Architecture

    Edición de Joo Hwa Bay, Boon Lay Ong ...
    The tropical belt – where large areas of South East Asia, India, Africa and parts of both North and South America are located – forms the biggest landmass in the world and has one of the highest numbers of rapidly developing cities. Coincidentally, architecture in these regions shares common problems, the most easily identifiable being the tropical conditions of climate and natural environment. ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design

    de Kingston Heath ...
    Sustainable design requires that design practitioners respond to a particular set of social, cultural and environmental conditions. 'Vernacular Architecture and Regional Design' defines a set of strategies for understanding the complexities of a regional setting. Through a series of international case studies, it examines how architects and designers have applied a variety of tactics to achieve ... Leer más

    $103.99 USD

  • Visualizing Climate Change

    A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions

    de Stephen R.J. Sheppard ...
    Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).Using dramatic visual imagery such as 3D and 4D visualizations of future landscapes, community mapping, and iconic photographs, this book demonstrates new ways to make carbon and ... Leer más

    $94.99 USD

  • Sustainable Architectures

    Cultures and Natures in Europe and North America

    Edición de Simon Guy, Steven A. Moore ...
    As buildings are responsible for fifty per cent of CO2 emissions, their design has become the focus of intense technical scrutiny. Knowing how to build more technically efficient, or ecologically responsible, buildings, and being able to assemble the social resources to do so, requires different forms of knowledge and practice. There is wide contestation over the optimal pathways to greener ... Leer más

    $101.99 USD

  • The Green Braid

    Towards an Architecture of Ecology, Economy and Equity

    Edición de Kim Tanzer, Rafael Longoria ...
    Series series The ACSA Architectural Education Series
    This volume presents the discipline’s best thinking on sustainability in written, drawn, and built form, drawing on over fifteen years of peer-reviewed essays and national design awards published by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).Providing a primer on sustainability, useful to teachers and students alike, the selected essays address a broad range of issues. Combined ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Weathered

    Cultures of Climate

    de Mike Hulme ...
    Climate is an enduring idea of the human mind and also a powerful one. Today, the idea of climate is most commonly associated with the discourse of climate-change and its scientific, political, economic, social, religious and ethical dimensions. However, to understand adequately the cultural politics of climate-change it is important to establish the different origins of the idea of climate itself ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Through the Lens of Anthropology

    An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture, Third Edition

    de Robert Muckle, Laura Tubelle de González, Stacey L. Camp ...
    Through the Lens of Anthropology is a concise introduction to anthropology that uses the twin themes of food and sustainability to connect evolution, biology, archaeology, history, language, and culture. The third edition remains a highly readable text that encourages students to think about current events and issues through an anthropological lens.Beautifully illustrated with over 100 full-color ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD