Author: World Meteorological Organization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Urban Climatology and Its Applications with Special Regard to Tropical Areas
Author: World Meteorological Organization
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Urban Climatology and Its Applications with Special Regard to Tropical Areas (Proceedings of the Technical Conference, Mexico D.F., 26-30 November 1984)
Author: Organisation météorologique mondiale
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789263106520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789263106520
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
An Urban Approach To Climate Sensitive Design
Author: Rohinton Emmanuel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134314906
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are rare. This comprehensive reference will be welcomed by student and practising architects as well as other built envronment professionals engaged with the environmental effects of building in worldwide warm and humid climates.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134314906
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are rare. This comprehensive reference will be welcomed by student and practising architects as well as other built envronment professionals engaged with the environmental effects of building in worldwide warm and humid climates.
Monetary Valuation of Environmental Impacts
Author: Bengt Steen
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429772351
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The book is meant to improve our understanding of sustainable development of production and consumption. Monetary values of the impact of emission and resources are determined, and used in environmental management, with a focus on sustainability. Values related to cultural context are not possible to predict, therefore ignored. The book only focuses on environmental goods and services that are used to satisfy basic human needs. One of the benefits of monetary valuation is its holistic approach. The impact of any contributing factor on the total value, can be determined, and the sensitivity to uncertainty in inputs can be estimated. This is useful in developing knowledge, where it is most needed. In a society, there are many economic units which need to function in tandem to support human welfare. Each unit has its own system boundary in what it includes and covers in time and space. The system boundary of a sustainable unit is likely to be very long and wide. This book provides data on long term monetary values of environmental impacts from human activities. It discusses the choice of system boundaries, and how to use monetary values in sustainable development. A large part of the book describes impact models in terms of the relation between emissions and natural goods and services.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429772351
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The book is meant to improve our understanding of sustainable development of production and consumption. Monetary values of the impact of emission and resources are determined, and used in environmental management, with a focus on sustainability. Values related to cultural context are not possible to predict, therefore ignored. The book only focuses on environmental goods and services that are used to satisfy basic human needs. One of the benefits of monetary valuation is its holistic approach. The impact of any contributing factor on the total value, can be determined, and the sensitivity to uncertainty in inputs can be estimated. This is useful in developing knowledge, where it is most needed. In a society, there are many economic units which need to function in tandem to support human welfare. Each unit has its own system boundary in what it includes and covers in time and space. The system boundary of a sustainable unit is likely to be very long and wide. This book provides data on long term monetary values of environmental impacts from human activities. It discusses the choice of system boundaries, and how to use monetary values in sustainable development. A large part of the book describes impact models in terms of the relation between emissions and natural goods and services.
Contemporary Landscape Performance Methods and Techniques
Author: Galen Newman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040153062
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book defines, illustrates, applies, and explores current and future tools and methods for measuring landscape performance using the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (HANC) as a case site, providing the most extensive, comprehensive description and application of existing landscape performance tools in the current literature to date. Landscape performance is a measure of the effectiveness with which landscape solutions fulfill their intended purpose and contribute to sustainability. The design of the HANC is a prime case for measuring landscape performance as the site has undergone a pervasive transformation of its 65-acre core as an initial phase of improvements. The massive six-year effort has reconfigured arrival, circulation, and parking, developed new educational facilities, constructed a network of walks and trails, and established sustainable ecologies of prairie, savannah, riparian woods, and upland woods across the northern half of its property. This book uses landscape performance as an integral method of not only blending science into the design process but using scientific outputs as the rationale for design-decision-making. Through this, the book showcases a multitude of proven quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods which can be applied to other designs and plans, calculating their specific impacts on the HANC, and guiding readers through how to use each tool through an applied process. This book provides a comprehensive set of tools and approaches to measuring landscape performance that could be used as a guide for other projects to replicate or expand upon. The book helps move the design professions beyond simple stereotypes of simple beauty of form, showcasing and describing how the design professions (primarily landscape architecture) are an extremely scientific and evidence-based industry.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040153062
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This book defines, illustrates, applies, and explores current and future tools and methods for measuring landscape performance using the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center (HANC) as a case site, providing the most extensive, comprehensive description and application of existing landscape performance tools in the current literature to date. Landscape performance is a measure of the effectiveness with which landscape solutions fulfill their intended purpose and contribute to sustainability. The design of the HANC is a prime case for measuring landscape performance as the site has undergone a pervasive transformation of its 65-acre core as an initial phase of improvements. The massive six-year effort has reconfigured arrival, circulation, and parking, developed new educational facilities, constructed a network of walks and trails, and established sustainable ecologies of prairie, savannah, riparian woods, and upland woods across the northern half of its property. This book uses landscape performance as an integral method of not only blending science into the design process but using scientific outputs as the rationale for design-decision-making. Through this, the book showcases a multitude of proven quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods which can be applied to other designs and plans, calculating their specific impacts on the HANC, and guiding readers through how to use each tool through an applied process. This book provides a comprehensive set of tools and approaches to measuring landscape performance that could be used as a guide for other projects to replicate or expand upon. The book helps move the design professions beyond simple stereotypes of simple beauty of form, showcasing and describing how the design professions (primarily landscape architecture) are an extremely scientific and evidence-based industry.
Fourth Conference, Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coasts
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Technical Conference on Tropical Urban Climates
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatology
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions
Author: Kristie L Ebi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482298384
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Overall, the negative health impacts of global climate change are anticipated to significantly outweigh positive impacts. Furthermore, global climate change will continue for decades, even after the effective implementation of mitigation measures. By exploring cases in public health and prior lessons learned, this valuable title identifies the key
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482298384
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Overall, the negative health impacts of global climate change are anticipated to significantly outweigh positive impacts. Furthermore, global climate change will continue for decades, even after the effective implementation of mitigation measures. By exploring cases in public health and prior lessons learned, this valuable title identifies the key
Carbon Management in the Built Environment
Author: M. Rohinton Emmanuel
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415684064
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Annotation This book brings together the developments in the field of climate change science, building design, materials science, energy and policy in a form readily accessible to both students of the built environment and practitioners.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415684064
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Annotation This book brings together the developments in the field of climate change science, building design, materials science, energy and policy in a form readily accessible to both students of the built environment and practitioners.
African Urban Quarterly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description