Landscape architecture and design

This book discusses the radical technological changes occurring due to Industry 4.

In this superbly illustrated book Xiaofei Chen presents the first analysis in English of a ubiquitous East Asian urban phenomenon: the supergrid and superblock urban structure.

In this superbly illustrated book Xiaofei Chen presents the first analysis in English of a ubiquitous East Asian urban phenomenon: the supergrid and superblock urban structure.

In the not so distant future, we can expect a world where humans and robots coexist and interact with each other.

In the not so distant future, we can expect a world where humans and robots coexist and interact with each other.

In the last ten years, concepts such as urban health and liveability have become ever more present in urban planning studies.

In the last ten years, concepts such as urban health and liveability have become ever more present in urban planning studies.

Environmental laws and regulations are extremely complex and difficult to understand.

Environmental laws and regulations are extremely complex and difficult to understand.

What makes a visually appealing landscape?

What makes a visually appealing landscape?

This book aims to teach the core concepts that make Self-driving vehicles (SDVs) possible.

This book aims to teach the core concepts that make Self-driving vehicles (SDVs) possible.

This book is a critical reflection on the Smart City Mission in India.

This book is a critical reflection on the Smart City Mission in India.

Increasingly the world around us is becoming 'smart.

Increasingly the world around us is becoming 'smart.

The problem of creating affordable, adequate housing for a growing population is not a new one.

Over the last century, the world has lived through changes more rapid than those experienced at any other time in human history, leading to pressing environmental problems and demands on the world's finite resources.

The problem of creating affordable, adequate housing for a growing population is not a new one.

Over the last century, the world has lived through changes more rapid than those experienced at any other time in human history, leading to pressing environmental problems and demands on the world's finite resources.

Originally published in 1984 Nature's Ideological Language examines the common ideological roots of environmental reclamation and nature preservation.

From Idea to Site explores how to improve the working practices of landscape architects and therefore the quality of the design and management of our external environment.

Originally published in 1984 Nature's Ideological Language examines the common ideological roots of environmental reclamation and nature preservation.

From Idea to Site explores how to improve the working practices of landscape architects and therefore the quality of the design and management of our external environment.

Examining the rise of Pudong and its role in re-creating Shanghai as a global city, Global Shanghai Remade utilises this important case study to shed light on contemporary globalisation and China's integration with the world since the late 20th century.

Examining the rise of Pudong and its role in re-creating Shanghai as a global city, Global Shanghai Remade utilises this important case study to shed light on contemporary globalisation and China's integration with the world since the late 20th century.

The book explores the relationship between the shrinking process and architecture and urban design practices.

The book explores the relationship between the shrinking process and architecture and urban design practices.

This book will help readers to understand the concepts of computational intelligence in automation industries, industrial IoT (IIOT), cognitive systems, data science, and Ecommerce real time applications.

This book will help readers to understand the concepts of computational intelligence in automation industries, industrial IoT (IIOT), cognitive systems, data science, and Ecommerce real time applications.

This book presents a rich case study examining physical and spatial factors of urban campus design that influence student experience and wellbeing.

This book presents a rich case study examining physical and spatial factors of urban campus design that influence student experience and wellbeing.

No single project or endeavour is immune to the issues that the climate crisis brings.

No single project or endeavour is immune to the issues that the climate crisis brings.

The aim of the book is to introduce the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of brain and cognitive intelligence used in robotics control, particularly on studying how the brain learns and controls complex motor skills and how to replicate these in robots.

The aim of the book is to introduce the state-of-the-art technologies in the field of brain and cognitive intelligence used in robotics control, particularly on studying how the brain learns and controls complex motor skills and how to replicate these in robots.

The design of urban environments is complex and involves diverse needs, organisations, professions, authorities, and communities.

The design of urban environments is complex and involves diverse needs, organisations, professions, authorities, and communities.

This book systematically introduces the bionic nature of force sensing and control, the biomechanical principle on mechanism of force generation and control of skeletal muscle, and related applications in robotic exoskeleton.

This book critically examines the sweeping impacts of robotization and the use of artificial intelligence on employment, per capita income, quality of life, poverty, and inequality in developing and developed economies.

This book critically examines the sweeping impacts of robotization and the use of artificial intelligence on employment, per capita income, quality of life, poverty, and inequality in developing and developed economies.

Urbanism for a Difficult Future: Practical Responses to the Climate Crisis is a much-needed guide to launching the next generation of land use planning and urbanism that will enable us to adapt to and survive the consequences of climate change.

Urbanism for a Difficult Future: Practical Responses to the Climate Crisis is a much-needed guide to launching the next generation of land use planning and urbanism that will enable us to adapt to and survive the consequences of climate change.

Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely book explores 'ideal' socialist cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political conditions after the fall of communism.

Featuring up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a plethora of countries, this timely book explores 'ideal' socialist cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political conditions after the fall of communism.

How can photography be transformed into an active process of investigation for landscape architecture and environmental design?

How can photography be transformed into an active process of investigation for landscape architecture and environmental design?

Written in accessible language without mathematical formulas, this short book provides an overview of the wide and varied applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across the spectrum of physical sciences.

Written in accessible language without mathematical formulas, this short book provides an overview of the wide and varied applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across the spectrum of physical sciences.