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Net Zero Energy Building Predicted and Unintended Consequences

Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

This book presents a methodology for the design construction monitoring optimization and post-occupancy evaluation of net-zero and positive-energy communities based on the experiences gained in the EU Horizon 2020 ZERO-PLUS project. It describes the steps tools and methods developed during the project providing practical information for the energy and construction sector that will be of interest to students engineers architects developers and professionals working around high performance architecture and sustainable communities. Through the ZERO-PLUS project a consortium of 32 partners from eight countries including academic institutions technology providers architects and construction companies designed four communities covering completely different geo-climatic regions construction practices and cultural backgrounds in Cyprus Italy France and the UK. The communities were designed optimized constructed monitored handed over to tenants post-occupancy evaluated and troubleshooted through a system of continuous collaboration and data acquisition. This book presents these case studies and shows how the project targets of reducing electricity consumption below 20 kWh/m2/y increasing electricity production from Renewable Energy Systems to over 50 kWh/m2/y and at cheaper costs when compared to current zero-energy buildings were reached and surpassed. These cases demonstrate that a holistic and interactive approach to design and construction can bring communities a high standard of sustainability. The key features of the book include: Practical guidance drawn from the interdisciplinary international and remote cooperation between experts from academia and industry across the construction sector A survey of the state-of-the-art on net-zero and positive-energy communities including the experience and the lessons learned from previous projects and from the ZERO-PLUS project Descriptions of novel emerging renewable energy technologies integrated into real case study communities to achieve the energy generation target of the communities A comprehensive set of approaches tools guidelines best practices challenges and lessons learned from the five-year ZERO-PLUS project and the completion of four residential case studies to inform the reader of how to achieve affordable net-zero energy communities Four typologies of residential communities located in different climatic conditions are presented touching on the critical aspects of the design construction monitoring and occupancy phase A discussion of future trends for developing communities that are more liveable accessible and sustainable and which can comply with new energy policies in a way that is affordable for the owners and residents. | Net-Zero and Positive Energy Communities Best Practice Guidance Based on the ZERO-PLUS Project Experience

GBP 49.99
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The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050. With GHG emissions currently predicted to triple by the middle of the century the fashion industry is far off course to reach Net Zero as set out in the Paris Agreement. With misinformation and greenwashing representing an ever-growing barrier to potential solutions the book aims to demystify the source of GHG emissions from the industry breaking down in detail their origin while identifying the steps that can be taken when designing and sourcing new products. Detailing the market drivers and trends in fashion consumption it argues that change should be guided by science-based quantitative principles. Accessibly written with key insights at the end of each chapter this book will enable the reader to understand the tactics to tackle decarbonisation and ultimately outline five main strategies that can be deployed by the fashion and textile industries to align with the Paris Agreement. This book serves as a practical guide for designers buyers and the fashion industry in general to develop and understand approaches and strategies to reduce energy consumption and the resulting GHG emissions to reach Net Zero. | The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

GBP 31.99
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Net Zero Food and Farming Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System

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Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers presents a comprehensive introduction to the latest resources and technologies used in high performance and net zero energy buildings with a practical focus on the design and integration of these systems. This textbook and convenient reference offers a single-source guide to renewable technologies balancing broad knowledge with the details of implementation crucial for successful sustainable design. It equips students and professionals with foundations and critical information needed to confidently plan for and meet the highest standards of energy efficiency in new construction and retrofitted buildings. Part I of the book establishes key principles of renewable systems power production and design for climate introducing energy modeling and measurements of performance. Part II focuses in more depth on renewable energy systems including photovoltaics heat pumps solar thermal and more. Dedicated chapters break down the fundamental concepts behind each renewable technology and present guidelines for configuration and installation including system requirements equipment specification sizing and location of components. Part III discusses topics relevant across renewable systems including energy storage control and monitoring and cost/payback calculation. Part IV comprises case studies of exemplary renewable energy projects. Features: Covers resources and technologies including photovoltaics solar thermal hot water heat pumps biomass wind and microhydro turbines marine renewable energy deep cycle rechargeable batteries and system controllers. Compiles up-to-date essential information on designing with renewable systems in one location organized by technology for easy reference. Presents clear explanations of all concepts and system aspects using US/SI units and full-color diagrams and illustrations throughout. Features case studies of renewable energy systems in completed projects demonstrating a range of climate specific applications. Includes study questions a comprehensive guide to terminology and acronyms spreadsheets for calculations system sizing worksheets and additional online resources. Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers: Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design will serve as an essential introduction and enduring reference for students of architecture engineering construction and building science. Equally valuable as a professional resource it will quickly become the go-to guide for energy efficient design for practitioners in these areas. | Renewable Energy Systems for Building Designers Fundamentals of Net Zero and High Performance Design

GBP 89.99
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Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

This is the decade for climate action. Internal and external stakeholders demand action. How we choose to act in the next ten years will determine our foreseeable future. Businesses hold a critical role for climate futures. The need for businesses to reduce their carbon footprint is now unquestioned but how to achieve reductions in a credible way is neither clear nor easy once you’ve tackled the obvious energy culprits. Climate Positive Business lays out the path of business climate strategy highlighting how your business must set goals measure impact and improve performance. Greenhouse gas protocols can instruct you on the core accounting process that lies at the heart of climate strategy. At least as important to success are the details that protocols don’t tell you: the sticking points; the areas of controversy and the best practices. Rooted in real experience and written in an entertaining and engaging style this book provides you with the tips tools and techniques to tackle your company’s carbon footprint and it helps you do so in a way that is credible and appropriately ambitious to meet stakeholder expectations. The book will equip you with tools to think critically about GHG reduction carbon offsets and carbon removal as well as help ensure we collectively implement real solutions to slow and eventually reverse the climate crisis. It includes lessons learned from real-world consulting projects and provides a plan of action for readers to implement. A go-to book for business looking to understand manage and reduce their carbon footprint it is an invaluable resource for sustainable business practitioners consultants and those aspiring to become climate champions. | Climate Positive Business How You and Your Company Hit Bold Climate Goals and Go Net Zero

GBP 31.99
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Designing Zero Carbon Buildings Using Dynamic Simulation Methods

Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

Written by one of the leading experts in the field Paul Ekins Stopping Climate Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is required to achieve ‘real zero’ carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 and negative emissions thereafter which is the only way to stop human- induced climate change. This will require innovation in socio-technical systems and in human behaviour on an unprecedented scale. Stopping Climate Change describes the changes required to meet this goal: in technologies social institutions and individual activities. Paul Ekins examines in detail issues around the supply and demand of energy and materials and the efficiency of their use. It also analyses greenhouse gas removal technologies offsetting and geoengineering and plots the reduction of the non- CO2 greenhouse gas-emitting activities. Having set out the changes required Ekins considers the economic implications in terms of both the innovation and investments that are necessary to bring them about and the effects that these are likely to have on national economies. The evidence presented points clearly to the economic impacts of decarbonisation being positive for the majority of countries and for the world as a whole even before considering the benefits of avoided climate change. When the health benefits of stopping the burning of fossil fuels are factored in the global net benefits of decarbonisation are unequivocal. Drawing on examples from the UK and Europe but with wider relevance at a global scale Stopping Climate Change clearly shows how determined policy action at different levels could stop climate change. It will be of great interest to students scholars and policymakers researching and working in the field of climate change and energy policy. | Stopping Climate Change Policies for Real Zero

GBP 35.99
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The Psychoanalytic Zero A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues

The Psychoanalytic Zero A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues

Winner of the 2020 Gradiva Award The Psychoanalytic Zero: A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues is written from the unique perspective of a Western-trained Asian psychoanalyst and applies principles of Eastern philosophy to understand the psychoanalytic relationship psychoanalytic processes and their uses—and limitations—for alleviating human suffering. Bringing a unique Eastern perspective to a previously Western-dominated discipline and framed within the current relational and ethical trends in psychoanalysis the book enables readers to develop a language for understanding an Eastern ethical viewpoint and explore how this language can change our awareness of psychoanalytic practice and human suffering. Chapters are devoted to the Eastern concepts of nothingness emptiness surrender sincerity silence and narrative and issues including existential guilt of being trauma contingency informed consent the sense of being human and uncertainty. Discussions are illustrated and illuminated through vivid recreations and careful elaboration of therapeutic case studies with traumatized patients. The studies demonstrate the process by which patients regain a sense of being human. This enriched perspective will it is hoped help the analyst treat traumatized patients who are unable to relate to others and who do not experience themselves as being human. The Psychoanalytic Zero will enrich an analyst’s sensitivity to the appearance of the moment without context—the psychoanalytic zero—which opens infinite opportunities for continued growth in a psychoanalytic relationship. It will be of great appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists interested in self-psychological intersubjective and relational theories. | The Psychoanalytic Zero A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues

GBP 36.99
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The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world with almost 50 000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards Passivhaus provides a robust 'fabric first' approach from which to make the next step. The Passivhaus Designers Manual is the most comprehensive technical guide available to those wishing to design and build Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings. As a technical reference for architects engineers and construction professionals The Passivhaus Designers Manual provides:State of the art guidance for anyone designing or working on a Passivhaus project;In depth information on building services including high performance ventilation systems and ultra-low energy heating and cooling systems;Holistic design guidance encompassing: daylight design ecological materials thermal comfort indoor air quality and economics;Practical advice on procurement methods project management and quality assurance;Renewable energy systems suitable for Passivhaus and Zero Energy Buildings; Practical case studies from the UK USA and Germany amongst others;Detailed worked examples to show you how it's done and what to look out for;Expert advice from 20 world renowned Passivhaus designers architects building physicists and engineers. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 full colour illustrations and presented by two highly experienced specialists this is your one-stop shop for comprehensive practical information on Passivhaus and Zero Energy buildings. | The Passivhaus Designer's Manual A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

GBP 180.00
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A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Trauma Post-Traumatic Mental Functioning the Zero Process and the Construction of Reality

Nuclear Theory Degree Zero: Essays Against the Nuclear Android

Nuclear Theory Degree Zero: Essays Against the Nuclear Android

Nuclear Theory Degree Zero: Essays Against the Nuclear Android investigates the threat conveyed and maintained by the nuclear cycle: mining research health power generation and weaponry. Central to this polyvalent 'report' on the infiltration of our lives and control over them exerted by the industrial-military complex are critiques of the creation storage and use of atomic weapons the exploitation of Australian Aboriginal people and their lands through British atomic testing in the 1950s and an exposé of a language of denial in the world of nuclear mining/energy/military usages. 'Nuclear' is also parenthetically investigated in its function as extended metaphor and question for poetry and poetics. Key is a consideration of the use of the language of the 'atomic' in cultural spaces and in 'the arts'. Indigenous land-rights claims in the face of uranium mining the semantics of waste and of the glib usage by nuclear power companies of the fact of global warming to suit their own corrosive agendas. The triumphalism of scientific and cultural discourse around 'nuclear' and the threats by nuclear fission are by association brought into question. The nuclear cycle throws the whole future of human beings into doubt and this book seeks to assemble new resources of resistance through creative and critical mediums including poetry and poetics. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.

GBP 38.99
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Zero Tolerance or Community Tolerance? Managing Crime in High Crime Areas

The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

Every manager and every employee in every function can embed climate solutions and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This book written by experts in the field of sustainability in business shows you how. The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges we face today and it affects all aspects of business and society. Consequently everyone needs to know the best high-impact climate solutions that can be embedded into their organisational area. In this book you will find ideas for your team your department and your organisation to make this a reality. We provide you with implementation plans and inspiring case studies with practical and helpful tools that will help you to scale up climate solutions effectively and efficiently. If you are an owner of a company or an executive in any organisation you will benefit from this step-by-step guide on how to set up your own greenhouse gas management plan how to set targets and how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of your whole organisation. We explain key terms such as Net Zero Carbon Neutral carbon emissions equivalents and the three scopes. In order to halve our emissions worldwide by 2030 to achieve Net Zero by 2050 individual actions on a large scale are required but also systemic changes. We look at the bigger picture in this book and also how you could effect change. This is the first book to offer an easy-to-implement approach to decarbonise organisations and transform societies and is appropriate for managers at any level. This book can also be used in business schools to inspire future managers and business leaders. Last but not least everyone can find ideas here that they can implement in their personal lives – let’s scale up together! | The Handbook of Carbon Management A Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Climate Solutions for Every Manager in Every Function

GBP 29.99
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Edu.net Globalisation and Education Policy Mobility

Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

Please DO feed the bears! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods takes a good-natured approach to good eating presenting home-style recipes with a light-hearted touch. Aimed at husky hairy gay men—and their admirers—the book presents convenient and satisfying recipes for anyone who loves to cook—and eat! Bear Cookin' includes helpful hints “tributes” to favorite foods and meal suggestions for breakfast lunch dinner—and everything in between—that are guaranteed to please burly bears with big appetites. From lip-smacking snacks to belt-loosening main courses Bear Cookin’ is stuffed with easy-to-follow recipes for the hearty and delicious comfort foods bears crave: burgers meatloaf biscuits with sausage gravy pasta potatoes beans muffins and bread cheesecake puddings and pies and homemade ice cream. Collected from family and friends and perfect for summer picnic baskets or winter “hibernation” dinners these filling and flavorful recipes are presented with the love for good food that makes life worth living. Bear Cookin' includes recipes for: (Touch My) Monkey Bread What-A-Crock Pot Stew What’s It All About … Alfredo Polar Bear Chili Fur-ocious Pot Roast and odes to the wonders of Cool Whip® Bisquick® and Velveeta®! Bear Cookin': The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods also includes serving ideas and suggestions for making the best use of your cooking utensils. This book is a wonderful addition to any kitchen—bear or otherwise! | Bear Cookin' The Original Guide to Bear Comfort Foods

GBP 36.99
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The Climate–Energy–Land Nexus in Indonesia Biofuel REDD+ and biochar

The Climate–Energy–Land Nexus in Indonesia Biofuel REDD+ and biochar

This book extends the framework of the climate-energy-land nexus to elucidate political economic social and institutional factors and causal mechanisms that stringent climate targets bring about rather than mitigate a disproportional heavy burden on the forest sector in Indonesia. Assessing climate energy agricultural forest and transmigration policies and REDD+ and biochar solutions through a multidisciplinary approach ranging from biological agricultural technological economic and institutional lenses the book identifies the political-economic and socio-technical regimes that cause the crosssectoral transfer of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions to palm-oil-based biofuel imposing an excess burden on the forest sector and accelerating indirect land-use change. It also proposes possible countermeasures for agricultural and forest sectors reconfirming that technical applications and integrated policymaking should trigger the socioeconomic changes that will make transformative change happen in Indonesia. As an analysis of the success or otherwise of stringent climate targets policies and technological and non-technological measures on the reduction of greenhouse gases this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in the fields of environment & sustainability Asian studies energy environment and agriculture forestry and agriculture & environmental sciences. It will also appeal to practitioners and policymakers tackling net-zero emissions and land and forest governance. | The Climate–Energy–Land Nexus in Indonesia Biofuel REDD+ and biochar

GBP 130.00
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Sustainability A Key Idea for Business and Society

Sustainability A Key Idea for Business and Society

The heightening impact of ecological and societal crises makes sustainability an increasingly urgent imperative requiring a fundamental shift in how we understand and practice management and business. In this book the authors set out the key characteristics of sustainability such as its temporal and multilevel effects and highlight the complex array of sustainability risks and opportunities for business and management. Setting business within a systems perspective the authors outline different sustainability discourses that frame how business responds to the sustainability imperative. They call for the normative and scientific approaches to sustainability to be merged so that a new transdisciplinary approach that brings together the material and relational traditions in sustainability management is developed. Sustainability work is understood as the reframing of tools technologies practices and business strategies to respond to the imperative. The book concludes by highlighting dynamic features of the imperative as it is shaped by the urgent need to restore and regenerate social and ecological systems. Sustainability transitions such as the Circular Economy and Net Zero are suggested as inspiration for profound business transformation. By facing the intractable complexity associated with sustainability this book challenges students and scholars to draw from across the sciences and social sciences to understand reflect upon and deliver responsible business outcomes in contemporary society. | Sustainability A Key Idea for Business and Society

GBP 31.99
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Microalgae Building Enclosures Design and Engineering Principles

Microalgae Building Enclosures Design and Engineering Principles

Microalgae architecture has gained awareness for its biotechnical potential to achieve net-zero energy architecture while also promoting ecological sustainability and occupant well-being. Microalgae Building Enclosures: Design and Engineering Principles aims to provide design engineering and biotechnical guidelines for microalgae building enclosures that need to be considered for symbiotic relations among the built environment humans and ecosystems. Part I of the book introduces the theoretical background of microalgae as a bioremediator and future energy system and their potential roles toward sustainable and healthy built environments. Part II exemplifies interventions and multiple benefits of microalgae systems in product architecture urban and infrastructure applications across the globe including Africa Asia Australia Europe South America and North America. Part III explains the design and engineering criteria biotechnical design requirements and various performance metrics for microalgae architecture. Finally Part IV investigates potential building applications in low-rise buildings high-rise buildings and energy-efficient retrofitting. The book also includes international case studies of microalgae building systems within various building types and climates. As one of the first books to comprehensively cover this emerging area of microalgae building enclosures Microalgae Building Enclosures is an essential source for professionals and students looking to expand architectural discourse on nature integrated building systems to achieve the triple bottom line of sustainability. | Microalgae Building Enclosures Design and Engineering Principles

GBP 31.99
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Emission Trajectories and Mitigation Schemes for China

Managing Airports An International Perspective

Managing Airports An International Perspective

Fully revised and updated to consider recent developments in the industry the sixth edition of Managing Airports: An International Perspective provides comprehensive and cutting-edge insight into the processes behind running a successful airport. Logically structured and embellished with illustrative diagrams and tables throughout this edition approaches management topics from a strategic and commercial perspective and provides an innovative and accessible understanding of how modern-day airports are operated. Containing a plethora of global case studies covering a range of different airports from many different parts of the world the book maintains a balance between coverage of key principles and practice of airport management together with thorough consideration of current and topical issues. This edition has been updated to include: • New content on the significant economic and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global air transport industry technological and digital advances the changing air transport environment airline developments net zero goals and evolving markets. • Updated and expanded content on sustainability development and airports’ adoption of sustainable development goals changes in airline business models airport digital marketing the passenger biometric airport journey and airport diversification strategies. • New and updated international case studies to show recent issues and theory in practice. International and multidisciplinary in approach this edition is a vital resource for students lecturers and researchers of transport and tourism and practitioners within the air transport industry. | Managing Airports An International Perspective

GBP 42.99
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Sustainability Principles and Practice

Sustainability Principles and Practice

Sustainability Principles and Practice gives an accessible and comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of sustainability. The focus is on furnishing solutions and equipping students with both conceptual understanding and technical skills. Each chapter explores one aspect of the field first introducing concepts and presenting issues then supplying tools for working toward solutions. Elements of sustainability are examined piece by piece and coverage ranges over ecosystems social equity environmental justice food energy product life cycles cities and more. Techniques for management and measurement as well as case studies from around the world are provided. The 3rd edition includes greater coverage of resilience and systems thinking an update on the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch the latest research from the IPCC and a greater focus on diversity and social equity together with new details such as sustainable consumption textiles recycling microplastics and net-zero concepts. The coverage in this edition has been expanded to include issues solutions and new case studies from around the world including Europe Asia and the Global South. Chapters include further reading and discussion questions. The book is supported by a companion website with online links annotated bibliography glossary white papers and additional case studies together with projects research problems and group activities all of which focus on real-world problem-solving of sustainability issues. This textbook is designed to be used by undergraduate college and university students in sustainability degree programs and other programs in which sustainability is taught.

GBP 42.99
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Doing Public Good? Private Actors Evaluation and Public Value

Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice provides an overview of established and emerging trends in architecture practice. Contributions of the latest research from international experts examine external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture. Each chapter contains up-to-date and relevant information about select aspects of architecture and the changes this information will have on the future of the profession. The Companion contains thirty-five chapters divided into seven parts: Theoretical Stances Technology Sustainability Behavorism Urbanism Professional Practice and Society. Topics include: Evidence-Based Design Performativity Designing for Net Zero Energy The Substance of Light in Design Social Equity and Ethics for Sustainable Architecture Universal Design Design Psychology Architecture Branding and the Politics of Identity The Role of BIM in Green Architecture Public Health and the Design Process Affordable Housing Disaster Preparation and Mitigation Diversity and many more. Each chapter follows the running theme of examining external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture in order to uncover the evolving theoretical tenets of what constitutes today’s architectural profession and the tools that will be required of the future architect. This book considers architecture’s interdisciplinary nature and addresses its current and evolving perspectives related to social economic environmental technological and globalization trends. These challenges are central to the future direction of architecture and as such this Companion will serve as an invaluable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students existing practitioners and future architects. | The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice Established and Emerging Trends

GBP 44.99
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