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  • Design for Manufacturing

    A Structured Approach

    by Corrado Poli ...
    Design for Manufacturing assists anyone not familiar with various manufacturing processes in better visualizing and understanding the relationship between part design and the ease or difficulty of producing the part. Decisions made during the early conceptual stages of design have a great effect on subsequent stages. In fact, quite often more than 70% of the manufacturing cost of a product is ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Environmental Politics

    New Geographical and Social Constituencies

    by Corrado Poli ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    A change in the way humans relate to nature could be the starting point for a new politics, which will also affect relations among humans. A new approach would help to radically transform the production system, not because it is unjust in the usually considered social terms, but because it endangers nature and humanity.So far, the citizens’ grassroots organizations have failed to win broad ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Mobility and Environment

    Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education

    by Corrado Poli ...
    Mobility and Environment calls for a mobility revolution which does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car: it implies a dramatic shift in the political debate from a technical to a political culture. The author introduces his book by disputing “non-political” Sustainable Development policies which are among the major culprits for the conservatism in environmental policies.For at least ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

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    It’s 3D Printing: The Next Generation! The technology’s improving, prices are dropping,new models are hitting the market, and 3D printers are appearing on desktops, workbenches, lab shelves, and kitchen tables all over the world. Not only are we seeing better, faster, and cheaper 3D printers, we’re also seeing new printing materials, easier-to-use design software, powerful scanning technology, and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Rights of Nature

    A Legal Revolution That Could Save the World

    by David R. Boyd ...
    Winner of the Green Prize for Sustainable LiteratureA growing body of law around the world supports the idea that humans are not the only species with rights; and if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities.“Expertly written case studies in which legalese is accessibly distilled … empowering reminders that the seemingly inevitable slide toward planetary destruction can be halted.” — ... Read more

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  • Green Roof Ecosystems

    Edited by Richard K. Sutton ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects connecting green roofs to the fields of community, landscape and urban ecology. The work contains examples of green roof venues that ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Design for 3D Printing

    Scanning, Creating, Editing, Remixing, and Making in Three Dimensions

    by Samuel N. Bernier, Bertier Luyt, Tatiana Reinhard ...
    France's Le FabShop has extensive experience testing 3D printers and creating digital models for them. From an articulated Makey Robot to a posable elephant model, Samuel N. Bernier and the rest of Le FabShop's team have created some of the most-printed designs in the 3D printing world. This book uses their work to teach you how to get professional results out of a desktop 3D printer without ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • World in Transition: Ways Towards Global Environmental Solutions

    Annual Report 1995

    by German Advisory Council on Global change (WBGU) ...
    Series Book 1995 - World in Transition
    At the first Conference of the Parties of the Climate Convention in Berlin in Spring 1995 it became evident once again: To counteract anthropogenic climate changes, individuals as well as societies have to change their way of thinking and behavior. This accounts for other areas of global environmental change as well. Global trends like soil degradation, loss of biological diversity, water scarcity ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Learning Landscape Ecology

    A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques

    Edited by Sarah E. Gergel, Monica G. Turner ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Landscape ecology continues to grow as an exciting, dynamic ecological d- cipline. With its broadscale emphasis and multidisciplinary approach, la- scape ecology lends itself both to basic research and to applications in land management, land-use planning, wildlife management, ecosystem mana- ment, and conservation biology. Landscape ecology makes a unique cont- bution to the scientific community ... Read more

    $83.79 CAD

  • CATIA Core Tools: Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application

    by Michel Michaud ...
    A fully illustrated guide to CATIA® V5R21CATIA Core Tools: Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application explains how to use the essential features of this cutting-edge solution for product design and innovation. The book begins with the basics, such as launching the software, configuring the settings, and managing files. Next, you'll learn about sketching, modeling, drafting, and ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Climate and Human Migration

    Past Experiences, Future Challenges

    by Robert A. McLeman ...
    Studies warn that global warming and sea level rise will create hundreds of millions of environmental refugees. While climate change will undoubtedly affect future migration patterns and behavior, the potential outcomes are more complex than the environmental refugee scenario suggests. This book provides a comprehensive review of how physical and human processes interact to shape migration, using ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • My Storm

    Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina

    by Edward J. Blakely, Henry Cisneros ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Edward J. Blakely has been called upon to help rebuild after some of the worst disasters in recent American history, from the San Francisco Bay Area's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake to the September 11 attacks in New York. Yet none of these jobs compared to the challenges he faced in his appointment by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin as Director of the Office of Recovery and Development Administration ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD