Built environment : design, management and applications

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    • Geller, Paul S.
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Built environment : design, management and applications

Paul S. Geller, editor

(Environmental science, engineering and technology series)

Nova Science, c2010

  • : hbk.

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Many cities of the developing countries have, for a long time, been burdened with the sprawling squatter settlements constituted of insanitary spaces in ad-hoc structures, overcrowded and inappropriate to the contemporary standards of living. This book presents a novel approach to transforming a number of old squatter settlement into condominium high rises. The problems and potentials for creating sustainable habitats in place of squatter settlements in cities are highlighted. This book also outlines a quantitative study of the holistic thermal capacity of examples of vernacular from a wide range of climates and locations around the world, comparing the results for a range of climate classificatory scales.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • The Rhetoric & Reality of Culture-Led Urban Regeneration: A Comparison of Beijing & Shanghai, China
  • Rural Gentrification & the Built Environment: Exploring the Connections
  • The Mathematics of Style in the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Computational, Fractal Analysis of Formal Complexity in Fifteen Domestic Designs
  • The User of the 3D Scanner in the Built Environment
  • Anthropocentric Biocybernetic Approaches to Architectural Analysis: New Methods for Investigating the Built Environment
  • Creating sustainable habitats for the urban poor: Redesigning slums into condominium high rises in Colombo
  • Uncomfortable, Adjustable Tradition: Lessons for Contemporary Building
  • A Secondary Mortgage Market in Ghana: Antidote or Poison?
  • Far, Far Away: Trip Distances & Mode Choice in the Context of Residential Self-Selection & the Built Environment
  • On the Empirics of Housing Illegality: A Case Study in Hong Kong
  • Understanding the Impact of the Environment on Physical Activity
  • Potential Reuse of Contaminated Soils in the Built Environment
  • Intergenerational Housing as a New Vector of Social Cohesion
  • Augmented Reality: A Novel Approach to Interfacing Building Information Modelling Servers for Design Collaboration
  • Mayors in Ghana: 'Public' Servants or Agents of Capital?
  • Gentrification in Globalization: Forces to be Explored in Chinese Cities
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BB09719634
  • ISBN
    • 9781608769155
  • LCCN
    2009049832
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 356 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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