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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Developing Disaster Resilient Housing in Vietnam: Challenges and Solutions

    by Tuan Anh Tran ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive understanding on disaster resilient housing within the Vietnam context particularly and the developing world generally. The book has identified the root causes of housing vulnerability, restrictions to safe housing development, concepts of disaster resilient housing, key issues/factors implementers and building designers need to consider, and ways of achieving ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Discrete Optimization in Architecture

    Architectural & Urban Layout

    by Machi Zawidzki ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents three projects that demonstrate the fundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition – the layout design, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layout design of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a town square (plaza).The algorithm for the functional layout design is based on backtracking using a constraint ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Masters of the Structural Aesthetic

    by Derek Thomas ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book highlights aesthetics as pertaining to the structural component in architectural design. This less explored aspect of architecture is discussed and explains the enduring qualities of ten specific buildings from architectural history to present day due to their structural aesthetics. Based on comprehensive research, a critical analysis is presented of the constraints and other influences ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Smart-ECO Buildings towards 2020/2030

    Innovative Technologies for Resource Efficient Buildings

    by Giuliana Iannaccone, Marco Imperadori, Gabriele Masera ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book aims to provide a basis for design and construction of resource-efficient buildings. The main concepts follow the vision of a European Sustainable Building as defined in the 2-years Smart-ECO research project funded by European Commission under the Sixth Framework Program. The focus is concentrated on innovations enabling the building sector to meet the requirements originating from the ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Discrete Optimization in Architecture

    Building Envelope

    by Machi Zawidzki ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explores the extremely modular systems that meet two criteria: they allow the creation of structurally sound free-form structures, and they are comprised of as few types of modules as possible. Divided into two parts, it presents Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ) systems. PZ is more fundamental and forms spatial mathematical knots by assembling one type of unit (PZM). The shape of PZ is ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • Biomimetics for Architecture & Design

    Nature - Analogies - Technology

    by Göran Pohl, Werner Nachtigall ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application of biomimetic principles in architecture and engineering design. As a result of a combined effort by two internationally recognized authorities, the biologist Werner Nachtigall and the architect Göran Pohl, the book describes the principles which can be used to compare nature and technology, and at the same time it presents ... Read more

    $140.89 CAD

  • Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    Edited by Derek Armitage, Ryan Plummer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Rapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi-level ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Land Subsidence Induced by the Engineering-Environmental Effect

    by Zhen-Dong Cui ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book brings forward the concept of the geology-environmental capacity of ground buildings. It quantifies the geology-environmental capacity of ground buildings by analyzing the main factors of land subsidence and setting up the evaluation system. The geological environmental capacity of ground buildings is mainly controlled by the land subsidence and the output is the floor area ratio. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Urban Wind Environment

    Integrated Climate-Sensitive Planning and Design

    by Chao Yuan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    In the context of urbanization and compact urban living, conventional experience-based planning and design often cannot adequately address the serious environmental issues, such as thermal comfort and air quality. The ultimate goal of this book is to facilitate a paradigm shift from the conventional experience-based ways to a more scientific, evidence-based process of decision making in both urban ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Discrete Optimization in Architecture

    Extremely Modular Systems

    by Machi Zawidzki ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is comprised of two parts, both of which explore modular systems: Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ), respectively. It presents several methods of creating PZ and TZ structures subjected to discrete optimization. The algorithms presented employ graph-theoretic and heuristic methods. The underlying idea of both systems is to create free-form structures using the minimal number of types of ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Global Change and Regional Impacts

    Water Availability and Vulnerability of Ecosystems and Society in the Semiarid Northeast of Brazil

    Edited by Jose C. de Araujo, Maarten Krol, Thomas Gaiser, Horst Frischkorn ...
    Global climatic change will most likely affect natural resources and human living conditions in semiarid regions. This volume presents disciplinary as well as integrative methods to assess these impacts considering the interactions between climate variability and change, water availability, land-use systems, and quality of life. Taking the semiarid northeastern area of Brazil as an example, a wide ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Climate Adaptation Santiago

    Edited by Kerstin Krellenberg, Bernd Hansjürgens ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses the complexity of urbanization, impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation for the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile, with a special focus on the most pressing issues of natural hazards, water and energy supply. The book exemplifies a conceptual approach for the development of adaptation measures, their evaluation and implementation in a decision support ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD