Collective insight of key thought leaders in the field to clarify and reshape the vision of smart cities Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low-Carbon Future is a seminal work that draws together insights and case studies on post-carbon urbanism across a variety of fields from smart energy grids to active buildings, sustainable mobility and urban design.
Collective insight of key thought leaders in the field to clarify and reshape the vision of smart cities Smart Cities, Energy and Climate: Governing Cities for a Low-Carbon Future is a seminal work that draws together insights and case studies on post-carbon urbanism across a variety of fields from smart energy grids to active buildings, sustainable mobility and urban design.
Como una Jane Jacobs moderna, la comisaria de transportes de Nueva York Janette Sadik-Khan transformó las calles de la ciudad para hacer sitio a peatones, ciclistas, autobuses y espacios verdes.
A jargon-free primer on GIS concepts and the essential tech tools Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the fascinating technology field that's all about understanding and visualizing our world.
"El buen beber" es una obra que guía al lector a través del fascinante mundo del vino, desde su origen y fabricación hasta las técnicas de degustación y conservación.
** SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON AWARD FOR DEBUT DRINK BOOK 2025 **** The infographic book all wine lovers and connoisseurs need ** Tells you everything you need to know about wine and how to get the best out of it The Field This is all about how your palate works, how you can taste different fruits.
Esta investigación aporta a la comprensión del problema energético argentino, describe sus principales desafíos, interpreta qué lazos vinculan a este sector con aspectos productivos, distributivos, fiscales y de política macroeconómica.
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHILDREN'S WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONAn introduction to the wondrous world of clouds, by the internationally bestselling founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and a prize-winning children's book author and illustratorHave you ever watched a cloud being born?
Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of Urban Geography The leading undergraduate textbook on the subject, Urban Geography covers the origins, historical development, and contemporary challenges of cities and metropolitan areas around the world.
Best-selling author Christopher Horner shows how President Obama wants to take critical decisions about energy and the environment out of your hands and make you, your children, and grandchildren pay for it.
A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's fungiPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover.
A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world's fungiPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover.
«Els animals se n'han anat, però ell els conserva la memòria, atura la decadència dels ossos i de la closca, perquè els que vinguin després puguin aturar-s'hi al costat i veure-hi la imatge del propi temps.
Sistemas urbanos: entre lo contextual y lo autorreferencial está centrado en el análisis, la interpretación, la argumentación y la intervención en los sistemas urbanos específicos de un territorio, a partir de una metodología de trabajo que permite tanto el cruce como el decantamiento de información, con el fin de obtener propuestas concertadas acordes con las deficiencias o necesidades del lugar o sitio específico de estudio.
A bold new account of European imperialism told through the history of waterIn the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet.
Este libro está dedicado a la divulgación científica y es una obra de colección destinada tanto para aficionados a las orquídeas como para científicos interesados en el estudio de especies de las Islas Galápagos.
*; Reveals how the round towers were built over the crossing of underground waterways and with every stone in magnetic polarity alignment*; Explains how the siting and magnetic properties of the towers energetically enhances the surrounding environment, akin to feng shui and vastu*; Presents a guide to the energetic principles behind the creation and purpose of the round towersIn Ireland, and to a lesser extent Scotland, in seemingly unconnected locations, there are more than 60 enigmatic round towers, often 90 feet tall or higher and nearly uniform in their construction.
Unsere Zivilisation sieht sich zunehmend mit ausweglos erscheinenden Krisen konfrontiert, die auf eine fragmentierte, reduktionistisch-mechanistische Sichtweise auf das Leben sowie eine Entfremdung des Menschen von der Natur und von sich selbst zurückzuführen sind.
In seinem bahnbrechenden Werk 'Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane (Illustriert)' nimmt uns der renommierte Geologe und Polarforscher Alfred Wegener auf eine faszinierende Reise durch die Theorie der Kontinentalverschiebung.
A bold new account of European imperialism told through the history of waterIn the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet.
'An immersive and lyrically personal journey through deep-time and modern tides' RAYNOR WINN'Wondrous, elegant and haunting, Lost to the Sea is a fascinating alternative history of the fractured, flooded and eroded edges of Britain and Ireland' PHILIP HOAREMedieval kingdoms.
Planificar el crecimiento urbano es mucho más que un requisito o un asunto técnico, es un acto de responsabilidad territorial con los habitantes de hoy y del futuro.
En los últimos años la extrema derecha ha hecho todo lo posible por acelerar el calentamiento global, incluso un presidente estadounidense que lo considera un engaño ha eliminado los límites a la producción de combustibles fósiles.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZEA FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'The bothy embrace is addictive' ADAM NICOLSON'Will have you reaching for your boots' CAL FLYN.
Este libro reúne a connotados investigadores y profesionales que analizan los retos y oportunidades de la planeación urbana para incorporar consideraciones ambientales, desde una lógica de pensamiento distinta: la de la sostenibilidad.
The fascinating story of how Ronald Reagan, self-proclaimed "e;sagebrush rebel,"e; took his revolutionary energy policies to Washington and revitalized the American economy.
Con el propósito de aportar al conocimiento y la investigación en este campo, este libro avanza en el estudio, entendimiento y cuantificación de los principales aspectos de la hidrología de Colombia, fuertemente entrelazada con su climatología, su ecología y su biogeoquímica, y con diversos mecanismos dinámicos y termodinámicos de la circulación atmosférica y oceánica.
Dieses eBook: "Ameisen (Wissenschaftliches Werk)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Some portions of the following pages have already appeared in the monthly numbers of the Sanitary Engineer, and the complete work is now published with a view to assist Surveyors of Towns and others who are directly engaged in providing that house dustbins shall be regularly cleared, and streets kept clean; and also in the hope that it may be the means of drawing some public attention to the question, thus showing the householder something of what is being done for his welfare by Sanitary Authorities, and how each individual may assist in the good work, instead of, as is now frequently the case, inadvertently or purposely retarding the execution of some very necessary though unostentatious sanitary measures.
La formación de profesionales de cara a los nuevos retos del siglo xxi representa un gran desafío, debido a la necesidad de desarrollar en los estudiantes competencias para un mundo cambiante.
