Architecture

This book addresses the urgent need to reduce our use of virgin fossil plastics.

Yaoundé est en proie à la prolifération de l'habitat précaire sous l'effet de la croissance démographique et de la crise économique : constructions en poto-poto, planches de bois, briques de terre crue et parfois parpaings de ciment investissent les versants de collines escarpées et les fonds de vallées marécageuses, les zones à risques d'inondation, de glissement de terrain, d'effondrement des habitations, etc.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the rich and persistent use of analogical thinking in the built environment.

Aujourd'hui, la mémoire du patrimoine historique fait partie du quotidien de toutes nos communautés urbaines, recomposer les images littéraires et artistiques que la ville a engendrées signifie donc analyser les bases de notre civilisation.

Architecture Constructed explores the central, open secret of architecture: the long-suppressed conflict between arche and teckton-between those who design, and those who build.

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2022).

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2022).

The underlying principle of this book is the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which acts as a guide for developing empathic products and services.

Dans le paysage chromatique romain, de plus en plus de façades blanches émergent aujourd'hui.

La loi Administration territoriale de la République a apporté un éclairage neuf sur l'administration territoriale conçue comme un complexe de relations entre l'administration déconcentrée et l'administration décentralisée.

Schools have the potential to empower communities by connecting people better with the places they live.

Un recorrido curioso, detallado y sorprendente sobre las figuras de león que hay en la ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Through the use of images, diagrams, and detailed descriptions, this book enables readers to appreciate how the construction, design, and function of famous structures inform our understanding of societies of the past.

As the definitive resource on position sensing technology, Understanding Position Sensors encompasses all aspects necessary for a full understanding of the field, with topics of background, operational theory, design, and application.

This edited collection explores the visibility of modernization in architecture produced in different capitalist regions across the world and provides readers with a historico-theoretical and historico-geographical discussion.

Landscape Construction Volume 1 deals with elements of landscape construction which are required to provide enclosure, privacy, demarcation of land, shelter and security.

David Lowenthal was well known for his historical and geographical contribution to conservation and environmental thinking, his understanding and appreciation of landscape, and his critical public and scholarly contribution to heritage debates as a founder of heritage studies.

The text focuses on the theory, design, and implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT), in a modern communication system.

Ethical practice distinguishes an RIBA chartered architect from other design professionals.

This book makes "e;green living,"e; as it relates to teens and young adults, an approachable subject.

Les 28 et 29 octobre 2013 s'est tenu à Béjaïa un colloque international consacré à la ville méditerranéenne.

La publicación de estas doce obras en CASAS Internacional, dedicado a la región del Alentejo, es la cuarta vez que una edición de esta revis-ta ha sido dedicada a arquitectos portugueses o a obras en Portugal.

This book highlights the research outcome of Cities Research Institute's SeaCities group at Griffith University and a panel with the same title which took place at the World Expo in Dubai 2021/22 supported by the UN.

Multi-robot coordinated fencing, where a team of robots forms a protective formation around a target, has garnered significant attention and proven useful in practical applications such as area convoying.

A practical how-to guide on setting up an EVS program for a medical facility.

This book highlights the research outcome of Cities Research Institute's SeaCities group at Griffith University and a panel with the same title which took place at the World Expo in Dubai 2021/22 supported by the UN.

Voilà un livre qui s’adresse aux populations de Tambacounda qui veulent rompre avec une politique vieillie depuis des décennies, comme le racontent les témoins de l’histoire, d’un « Prince » régnant royalement sur le terroir communal entouré d’une brigade de miliciens et de laudateurs.

This book focuses on the relationship between buildings and our health and wellbeing, and by extension our quality of life.

This is the first guide to sites in the British Isles connected to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars to be published.

Le quartier Point E a été créé en 1943 par les militaires français sous le maire Joseph Goux (1943-1945), préoccupé par l'exiguïté de Dakar.

Introduction to Design Theory introduces a comprehensive, systematic, and didactic outline of the discourse of design.

El trabajo del colectivo florentino Superstudio, en particular sus provocadoras perspectivas y collages, han formado parte de la imaginación colectiva, arquitectónica y artística, de los últimos 60 años.

This book explores the rise of technology-centered urban planning and the diffusion of these practices around the world.

Whether we think of statues, plaques, street-names, practices, material or intangible forms of remembrance, the language of collective memory is everywhere, installed in the name of not only nations, or even empires, but also an international past.

Climate change is a threat to humankind, which requires immediate action.

Urban Planning for Social Justice in Latin America explores how urban planning can be used as a tool for social equity.

The book presents the proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Management of Manufacturing Systems (MMS 2022), which took place in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland, 05-07 October 2022.

The Affective Agency of Public Space explores the pivotal role that public spaces play in fostering social inclusion and community cohesion within various settings, including Europe and the United States.

This book investigates positive energy buildings (PEBs).

Don't trade your 40-hour workweek for an 80-hour a week side hustle.

This book examines a range of subjects with a specific focus on architectural and technological advancements.

This book presents the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region (RAAD), held in Klagenfurt, Austria, June 8-10, 2022.

This book argues that accelerating action toward sustainability for and by cities and their inhabitants can make a huge difference to humanity's endeavor to recover from current crises and build a sustainable future.

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Against the backdrop of an accelerating global urbanization and related ecological, climatic or social challenges to urban sustainability, this book focuses on the access to "e;safe, inclusive and accessible green and public space"e; as outlined in United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal No.

This book reports on several advances in architectural graphics, with a special emphasis on education, training, and research.

This present book provides valuable insights on the technical, societal and legal challenges posed by the use of artificial intelligent systems in a plethora of different applications, from embodied robotic systems to ML algorithms.

This book introduces several appearance-based place recognition pipelines based on different mapping techniques for addressing loop-closure detection in mobile platforms with limited computational resources.

This book covers a variety of topics in the field of mechatronics engineering, with a special focus on innovative control systems and automation concepts for a wide range of applications.