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  • Green Infrastructure

    Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments

    by John W. Dover ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology
    With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live. The principal aim of this book is to synthesize the disparate literature on the use of vegetation in the built environment and its multifunctional benefits to humans. The author reviews issues such as: contact with wildlife and its immediate and long ... Read more

    $159.99 CAD

  • The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins

    Edited by John W. Dover ...
    Hedges and field margins are important wildlife habitats and deliver a range of ecosystem services, and their value is increasingly recognised by ecologists. This book reviews and assesses the current state of research on hedgerows and associated field margins.With the intensification of agriculture in the second half of the last century, field sizes were increased by amalgamation and the rooting ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • Landscape and Building Design for Bushfire Areas

    by Caird Ramsay, Lisle Rudolph ...
    Shortlisted in TAFE Vocational Education category in the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing. The devastation wreaked by bushfires on Australian homes and landscapes is an all too familiar scenario. Yet, why do we often see one house burn, whilst an apparently similar house on an adjacent block can endure? Research has shown that many factors affect the chances of a ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Risk Management for Design and Construction

    by Ovidiu Cretu, Robert B. Stewart, Terry Berends ...
    Series Book 77 - RSMeans
    The essential risk assessment guide for civil engineering, design, and constructionRisk management allows construction professionals to identify the risks inherent in all projects, and to provide the tools for evaluating the probabilities and impacts to minimize the risk potential. This book introduces risk as a central pillar of project management and shows how a project manager can be prepared ... Read more

    $137.99 CAD

  • Land Development Handbook

    by Dewberry ...
    The Definitive Guide to Land Development-Every Detail, Every Issue, Every SettingLand Development Handbook provides a step-by-step approach to any type of project, from rural greenfield development to suburban infill to urban redevelopment. With the latest information regarding green technologies and design, the book offers you a comprehensive look at the land-development process as a whole, as ... Read more

    $171.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Landscapes in Mixed Media

    by Soraya French ...
    A great guide for painters who want to experiment with mixed media and make their landscape paintings more adventurous.Popular artist and teacher, Soraya French, encourages readers to experiment with mixing media and to create more adventurous paintings and broaden their artistic horizons.The media that Soraya uses in this book are acrylics, pastels and collage and she shows how to bring the best ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Essentials of Urban Design

    by Mark Sheppard ...
    Essentials of Urban Design explains the fundamental concepts of urban design, providing the understanding and tools needed to achieve better design outcomes. It is equally useful for designing places and evaluating designs. Each chapter outlines the key steps in designing or assessing a different type of development. All common types of urban development are addressed, from infill buildings to ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Practical Manual of Land Development

    by Barbara C. Colley ...
    The first choice among land development engineers, this edition is newly updated and expanded. It is required reading for young engineers and a convenient reference for experienced engineers. This is the essential book for civil engineers in land development and provides helpful information for all land development professionals including feasibility studies and cost estimating. Practical Manual ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • Energy-Efficient Timber-Glass Houses

    by Miroslav Premrov, Vesna Žegarac Leskovar ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book discusses combining timber and glass, two eco materials, with a view to developing an optimal contemporary energy-efficient house with an attractive design. Furthermore, the book connects an architectural design approach with structural research to show the possibilities of stabilizing the building with an increased size of the glazing.Research results where the glazing is considered as a ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Fire Resistance in American Heavy Timber Construction

    History and Preservation

    by Jesse Heitz ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This volume presents a history of heavy timber construction (HTC) in the United States, chronicling nearly two centuries of building history, from inception to a detailed evaluation of one of the best surviving examples of the type, with an emphasis on fire resistance. The book does not limit itself in scope to serving only as a common history. Rather, it provides critical analysis of HTC in terms ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Flowers of Mountain and Plain

    by Edith S. Clements ...
    "Flowers of Mountain and Plain" by Edith S. Clements is a captivating exploration of the diverse flora found in various mountainous and plain regions. Clements, a renowned botanist, meticulously documents the unique plant species that thrive in these contrasting environments. The book serves as both a scientific reference and a beautiful visual guide, featuring stunning illustrations that bring ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wooden Domes

    History and Modern Times

    by Barbara Misztal ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This monograph presents a state-of-the-art analysis of eco-friendly and aesthetic structures in wooden dome construction. The author demonstrates that the further development of wooden structures depends on both supplementing the testing of wood as a heterogeneous material, as well as on further improvement of fibrous structures with visco-elastic properties. The target audience primarily ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD