Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design

Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes provides an in-depth and critical exploration of the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing.

This book explores the work of important authors in the search for a transition towards more ethical design focused on more-than-human coexistence.

This book explores the work of important authors in the search for a transition towards more ethical design focused on more-than-human coexistence.

Introduction to Security, Seventh Edition, presents the latest in security issues from security equipment and design theory to security management practice.

The book reviews and reports the recent progress and knowledge on the specific impact of current and projected urban overheating as well as of the urban mitigation technologies on mortality and morbidity and urban vulnerability.

This book describes how comfort, energy and climate change in developing countries and vulnerable sectors of the population relate to buildings.

Master the Art of Human Resources: Your Guide to Thriving in Todays WorkplaceEmbark on an enlightening journey into the heart of the modern workplace with Breaking Down HR: The Basics You Need to Know.

This edited volume covers theoretical and practical aspects of circular economy in building development, offering chapters dealing with topics such as material design, affordability of housing development, waste management and recycling, smart metering, and more.

Managing Systems and Documentation addresses the main systems necessary for the successful operation of a maintenance organization, such as performance control, work control and documentation.

Managing Maintenance Resources shows how to reduce the complexity involved in engineering, or re-engineering, a maintenance organization.

Against the background of unprecedented rates of urbanisation in the Global South, leading to massive social, economic and environmental transformations, this book engages with the dire need to understand the ecology of such settings as the foundation for fostering sustainable and resilient human settlements in contexts that are very different to the Global North.

Modernists believed that "e;form follows function.

This book provides an introduction to food policy in the United Kingdom, examining policy development, implementation, influences and current issues.

This book uses theories, hypotheses, policies, practical insights and case studies to introduce and elucidate green building materials for sustainable construction.

This book explores the profound impacts of gentrification on public health, examining how this process reshapes socioeconomic and physical environments, exacerbates health disparities, and influences lived experiences.

This book brings together the papers presented at the Smart and Sustainable Built Environments Conference, 2018 (SASBE).

This book fills a unique gap in the research on the cultural history of vegetarianism and veganism, children's literature and Victorian periodicals, and it is the first publication to systematically describe the phenomenon of Victorian children's vegetarianism and its representations in literature and culture.

Green Building: An Engineering Approach to Sustainable Construction fills a void in green building which has good textbook options for practitioners, architects, and sustainability experts, but not an engineering focused textbook focused on green building.

This second edition of Tall has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture.

This second edition of Tall has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture.

Passive Design Strategies to Adapt to Heat Waves: Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Building Resilience offers a comprehensive guide to passive design techniques tailored to various climate zones.

Passive Design Strategies to Adapt to Heat Waves: Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Building Resilience offers a comprehensive guide to passive design techniques tailored to various climate zones.

This volume explores the transformative potential of emerging technologies in achieving SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, a foundational goal of the UN Agenda 2030.

This volume explores the transformative potential of emerging technologies in achieving SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, a foundational goal of the UN Agenda 2030.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital technologies, like virtual reality (VR), the metaverse, neuroarchitecture, and nanotechnology are rapidly reshaping the fields of architecture and design.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digital technologies, like virtual reality (VR), the metaverse, neuroarchitecture, and nanotechnology are rapidly reshaping the fields of architecture and design.

Digital technologies are reshaping the way property and asset values are assessed, regulated and trusted.

Digital technologies are reshaping the way property and asset values are assessed, regulated and trusted.

This survey of lightweight specialty structures provides in-depth case studies supplemented with technical guidance and an overview of fundamental theories.

This survey of lightweight specialty structures provides in-depth case studies supplemented with technical guidance and an overview of fundamental theories.