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Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Materials selection and design for low-cost housing in developing countries, 16 - 20 november 1999
Author: Advanced Fibers, Plastics, Laminates and Composites
Author: Frederick T. WallenbergerPublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Speakers from 15 industries and 40 countries come together in this volume to offer a truly international and interdisciplinary review of advanced fibers, polymers, plastics, laminates and composites. As a result, many new scientific breakthroughs are reported and several new commercial ventures are reviewed. Discussions focus on two major areas--those devoted to advances in the fields of natural fibers, natural polymers and composites based on natural fibers and/or natural matrix materials or natural matrix precursors, and those focusing on recent advances in the fields of conventional synthetic fibers, polymers and composites. The fields of advanced natural fibers, polymers and composites represent a rapidly growing scientific and technical area. Traditionally, these topics have been reviewed in separate conferences, but not as an integral part of a conference on advanced fibers, polymers and composites in general. A comprehensive review of these topics within the framework of the larger topic of the symposium represents a first for the Materials Research Society or any professional society. The field of advanced synthetic fibers and plastics continues to diversify, affording new experimental and commercial applications. For example, a new injection molding process for making commercial polyolefin-based nanocomposites offering superior properties in car body side panels is featured. Topics include: natural fibres and properties; natural fibres and natural palstics; natural plastics and composites; composites from natural fibers and/or plastics; glass, carbon and other reinforcing fibers; polymer and resin matrix materials; polymer and ceramic matrix composites; ceramic and metalmatrix composites; advanced composite structures; and carbon nanotubes, carbon fibres and composites.
Architectural Publications Index
Author: The Invisible Houses
Author: Gonzalo LizarraldePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317609646
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Winner of the ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award! There is an increased interest among architects, urban specialists and design professionals to contribute to solve "the housing problem" in developing countries. The Invisible Houses takes us on a journey through the slums and informal settlements of South Africa, India, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti and many other countries of the Global South, revealing the challenges of, and opportunities for, improving the fate of millions of poor families. Stressing the limitations of current approaches to housing development, Gonzalo Lizarralde examines the short-, mid- and long-term consequences of housing intervention. The book covers – among others – the issues of planning, design, infrastructure and project management. It explains the different variables that need to be addressed and the causes of common failures and mistakes, while outlining successful strategies based on embracing a sustained engagement with the complexity of processes that are generally invisible.
Commerce Business Daily
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Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 1996
Book Description
Creating Defensible Space
Author: Oscar NewmanPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788145282
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
The appearance of Oscar Newman's Defensible SpaceÓ in 1972 signaled the establishment of a new criminological subdiscipline that has come to be called by many Crime Prevention Through Environmental DesignÓ or CPTED. Over the years, Mr. Newman's ideas have proven to have significant merit in helping the Nation's citizens reclaim their urban neighborhoods. This casebook will assist public & private organizations with the implementation of Defensible Space theory. This monograph draws directly from Mr. Newman's experience as consulting architect. Illustrations.
Buildings, Culture and Environment
Author: Richard LorchPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470758813
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure - technically, socially and economically. Environmental problems and questions surrounding how to achieve a sustainable built environment are now posing urgent challenges to built environment practitioners and researcher. However, international cooperation in setting targets and standards as well as an increasing exchange of environmental information and practices present designers, clients and occupants with new problems that comprise local needs and the built environment. This book addresses the role regional culture play in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment. Using the specific case of the design of environmentally sound buildings, the book identifies a number of issues from different perspectives: The conflict between regionally appropriate environmental building practices within a global technical and economic context. How human, social and cultural expectations limit technological advances and performance improvements. To what extent information on environmentally progressive buildings can be transferred across cultures without compromising regional and local practices. Which ideas travel successfully between regions – generic principles, specific ideas or specific solutions? How the idea of regional identity is being redefined as the process of globalisation both widens and accelerates.
Sustainable Housing for Sustainable Cities
Author: Oleg GolubchikovPublisher: Un-Habitat
ISBN: 9789211324884
Category : Ecological houses
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Author: Atlanta Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.