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  • Energizing Sustainable Cities

    Assessing Urban Energy

    Edición de Arnulf Grubler, David Fisk ...
    Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three quarters of the global economy and its associated energy use and resulting environmental impacts. The twenty-first century will be increasingly urban. Sustainable development therefore needs first to be defined and analyzed, and then realized in urban settings. Energy is one of the key challenges, but also one ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

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  • In Search of Paradise

    Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis

    de Li Zhang ...
    A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now dominated by consumerism. No longer seeking happiness and fulfillment through collective sacrifice and ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Kitchen Table Sustainability

    Practical Recipes for Community Engagement with Sustainability

    de Wendy Sarkissian, Yollana Shore, Steph Vajda, Cathy Wilkinson, Nancy Hofer ...
    Series series Earthscan Tools for Community Planning
    Kitchen Table Sustainability offers a unique view of sustainability through the lens of community engagement. It takes sustainability out of the ivory towers of universities, government departments and planners to the kitchen tables of the world.This practical guide distils decades of wisdom from community planning, engagement and sustainability practice internationally into a user-friendly and ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

    de Timothy Crowe, Lawrence J. Fennelly ...
    Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, 3e is a vital book for anyone involved in architectural design, space management, and urban planning. The concepts presented in this book explain the link between design and human behavior. Understanding this link can enable a planner to use natural environmental factors to minimize loss and crime and to maximize productivity. This practical guide ... Leer más

    $85.49 USD

  • Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities

    Creating New Urban Landscapes in Asia

    de Lily Kong, Ching Chia-ho, Chou Tsu-Lung ...
    This book is a welcome and timely analysis of how global economic and financial powerhouses in Asia also aim to become global cultural cities. It critically examines the tension between top-down policies implemented by strong states to boost urban culture, which are typically focused on the hardware of iconic venues, museums, and opera houses mostly designed by famous western architects, and the ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning

    Theoretical and Empirical Insights

    Edición de Yoshiki Yamagata, Ayyoob Sharifi ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book explores key theoretical and empirical issues related to the development and implementation of planning strategies that can provide guidance on the transition to climate-compatible and low-carbon urban development. It especially focuses on integrating resilience thinking into the urban planning process, and explains how such an integration can contribute to reflecting the dynamic ... Leer más

    $98.09 USD

  • LED Street Lighting Best Practices

    Lessons Learned from the Pilot LED Municipal Streetlight and PLN Substation Retrofit Project (Pilot LED Project) in Indonesia

    de Asian Development Bank ...
    Energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting technologies and designs can cut energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Asian Development Bank, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, and the country’s state-owned electric utility have collaborated on the implementation of a pilot LED retrofit project. This report describes the applied methodologies, ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sustainable Bioenergy Production - An Integrated Approach

    Edición de Hans Ruppert, Martin Kappas, Jens Ibendorf ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses primarily on the advantages and implications of sustainable bioenergy production in terms of ensuring a more sustainable world despite its growing energy demands. It addresses a new concept that focuses on the interactions between different uses of agricultural land (for example, agriculture for food, forage or energy and nature conservation) and their ecological, economic and ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Sustainable Urban Environments

    An Ecosystem Approach

    Edición de Ellen M. van Bueren, Hein van Bohemen, Laure Itard, Henk Visscher ...
    The urban environment – buildings, cities and infrastructure – represents one of the most important contributors to climate change, while at the same time holding the key to a more sustainable way of living. The transformation from traditional to sustainable systems requires interdisciplinary knowledge of the re-design, construction, operation and maintenance of the built environment.Sustainable ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

  • Thermal and Mineral Waters

    Origin, Properties and Applications

    Edición de Werner Balderer, Adam Porowski, Hussein Idris, James W. LaMoreaux ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is a compilation of manuscripts on mineral and thermal waters of different areas of the world. This special volume is devoted to the 41st Meeting of the Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters of International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CMTW) held in Cairo, Egypt, in October 2009. The presentations collected and presented in this volume show the variety of aspects of mineral and ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • Evolution of Dam Policies

    Evidence from the Big Hydropower States

    Edición de Waltina Scheumann, Oliver Hensengerth ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report (2000) “Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making” set a landmark in the ongoing controversy over large dams. Now that more than ten years have passed, one has to realize that the WCD norms matter. However, their real chance of becoming implemented relies on whether their core values, strategic priorities and guidelines are accepted by ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • From Understanding to Action

    Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America

    Edición de Christopher Zegras, Marco Keiner, Willy A. Schmid, Diego Salmerón ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Hans van Ginkel Rector, United Nations University The challenges of the world's future are linked to the growing share of the global population that will reside in urban areas. UN projections indicate that by 2030 the world's urban population share will rise to 60 percent. Of the two billion added to the global population, 99 percent will be added to the urban areas of the world. Of this number, ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD