This book explores the architectural history of Christian universities in China, revealing how quasi colonial power interaction and cross cultural communication of meaning were channelled through religious and educational architecture in modern China.
A new class of nanohybrids with organic and inorganic elements exhibits unique and enhanced physical, chemical, and biological properties that are used to achieve sustainable solutions to pressing environmental challenges.
This book explains the holistic knowledge of xenobiotics and their mode of action, as well as their toxic impact on living organisms at the cellular level.
Heavy metals are hazardous environmental pollutants and are becoming one of the most serious environmental problems because of their persistence, toxicity, non-biodegradability, and ability to be incorporated into the food chain.
Bringing together interaction design and the emerging field of biodesign, this book explores the use of living and biofabricated materials in interactive artefacts.
This book gathers the latest research and practical innovations that tackle critical issues in geotechnical design, hazard mitigation, and intelligent simulation.
Bringing together interaction design and the emerging field of biodesign, this book explores the use of living and biofabricated materials in interactive artefacts.
This book draws on interdisciplinary research deploying 'river rights' and 'water justice' as conceptual frameworks to engage with laws and politics around waterbodies.
Serving as a foundational guide to the field, this book is an essential resource for professionals involved in the development of mechanical systems and related industries.
This book is designed to help practitioners understand the growing potential for the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to improve Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) outcomes in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations sector.
Environmental Management and Socioeconomic Challenges of Removing Asbestos-Cement Roofs addresses the urgent problems regarding asbestos-cement roof removal due to the carcinogenic impacts on human health.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of biochar as a sustainable solution within the context of agriculture, waste management, environmental remediation, and the circular economy.
Originally published in 1985, this book provided a broad review of the range of systems of housing finance used throughout the developed and developing world at the time.
In the late 1970s, the role of the state in the finance, provision and legal control of housing had increased enormously during the previous sixty years.
In the 1970s it was widely recognised that our planners and administrators were dealing not with a homogenous housing market but with a complex of housing sectors and sub-markets - with different locations, physical and social characteristics, tenures and costs.
A Smart City is an urban area in which digital technology is used to connect the infrastructure and services to improve the efficiency of the city’s operations and the quality of life of its population in terms of mobility, energy, security, housing, and more.
A Smart City is an urban area in which digital technology is used to connect the infrastructure and services to improve the efficiency of the city’s operations and the quality of life of its population in terms of mobility, energy, security, housing, and more.
This companion provides an overview of a rich field of scholarship and practice, covering key debates around the purpose and value of comparison as a way of generating knowledge and theory.
This book aims to explore the field of tribology in micro- and nano-reinforced composites to enhance material performance across a range of applications.
Rolling Bearings presents the most relevant damage modes in rolling bearings, with particular emphasis on surface, describing their basic mechanisms, their competitive nature, and the way to model these damaging mechanisms.
Rolling Bearings presents the most relevant damage modes in rolling bearings, with particular emphasis on surface, describing their basic mechanisms, their competitive nature, and the way to model these damaging mechanisms.
This companion provides an overview of a rich field of scholarship and practice, covering key debates around the purpose and value of comparison as a way of generating knowledge and theory.
This book presents a multifaceted examination of biomass valorization, biofuel, and bioenergy across diverse sectors and seeks to address the fundamental aim of advancing sustainable energy solutions while mitigating environmental challenges.
This book discusses advanced research in mitigation of heavily polluted environments through a sustainable biotechnological remedial framework along with their role in betterment of conventional treatment methods.
This groundbreaking book explores the science and innovation behind zoocomposting - composting facilitated by animals such as earthworms, black soldier flies (BSF), and termites.
Based on the collaborative, interdisciplinary research project Shift-Plastics this book establish sustainable circular value chains for managing plastics in the fisheries and aquaculture industries, which are significant causes of ocean plastic pollution.
This book gathers the latest research and practical innovations that tackle critical issues in geotechnical design, hazard mitigation, and intelligent simulation.
Comprehensive reference on all major and commonly used building contracts with a step-by-step approach to producing claims Covering all the major and commonly used building contracts, Building Contract Claims considers the legal basis of building contract claims and shows what can and cannot be claimed, providing the contractor, employers and their advisors with a simple, concise, and effective source of information for use when preparing, submitting, or dealing with a claim.
This book is designed to help practitioners understand the growing potential for the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to improve Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) outcomes in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations sector.
This book presents a multifaceted examination of biomass valorization, biofuel, and bioenergy across diverse sectors and seeks to address the fundamental aim of advancing sustainable energy solutions while mitigating environmental challenges.
This book explores the nuances of making the narrative and graphical content of instructions - an important part of a medical product's user interface - safe, effective, and satisfying to use.
This groundbreaking book introduces the Quality Life Cycle Assessment (QLCA) model - a novel approach that integrates product quality assessment and life cycle assessment (LCA) in sustainable manufacturing.
Das vorliegende Buch untersucht die Bedeutung des Kinos und Hotels L'Aiglon in Berlin, indem sie ihre Rolle in der Kinolandschaft der Stadt sowie ihren einzigartigen architektonischen und historischen Kontext beleuchtet.
Das vorliegende Buch untersucht die Bedeutung des Kinos und Hotels L'Aiglon in Berlin, indem sie ihre Rolle in der Kinolandschaft der Stadt sowie ihren einzigartigen architektonischen und historischen Kontext beleuchtet.
