Showing posts with label communities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label communities. Show all posts

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Sustainable Communities Design Handbook : Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology


Sustainable Communities Design Handbook : Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology
By Woodrow Clark III
Publisher: B-H | 2010 | 440 Pages | PDF | 19.6 MB


The objective of this book is to ensure a better quality of life for everyone, both now and for generations to come. This means creating a better and safer environment internationally through the sustainable use of natural resources, encouraging sustainable development which supports a strong economy, and ensuring a high quality environment that can be enjoyed by all.

Sustainable Development Partnerships brings together in one reference today's most cutting edge technologies and methods for creating sustainable communities. With this book, Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Architects, Mechanical Engineers, and Energy Engineers find a common approach to building environmental friendly communities which are energy efficient. The five part treatment starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of sustainable development in practice, followed by self-contained chapters concerning applications.
  • Methods for the sustainable use of natural resources in built communities
  • Clearly explains the most cutting edge sustainable technologies
  • Provides a common approach to building sustainable communities
  • Coverage of sustainable practices from architecture to construction  

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel"


"Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel"
Marlon G. Boarnet,
Oxford University Press, USA | March 8, 2001 | ISBN: 0195123956 | 240 pages | PDF | 15 MB

Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the "new urbanism" and "livable communities" initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be put into practice? Are they a good idea?

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