This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.
This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.
This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.
This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.
Reduce or eliminate costly downtime Short on teory and long on practice, this book provides examples and case studies, designed to provide maintenance engineers and supervisors with a framework for operational strategies and day-to-day management and training techniques that will keep their equipment running at top efficiency.
Fundamentals of Fire Protection for the Safety Professional provides safety managers with a guide for incorporating fire hazard awareness and protection into their safety management plans.
A new paradigm in facility managementA unique, just-in-time resource from profession leader Eric Teicholz, Facility Design and Management Handbook empowers you to make your facility state of the art.
This essential book offers suggestions for how cities and spaces can be planned and designed to reduce the impact of stress, provide opportunities for recovery, and promote the resilience of individuals in urban communities.
Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Software programs are increasingly being used to manage and control plant and equipment maintenance in modern manufacturing and service industries.
Ice-Houses: Energy, Architecture and Sustainability presents new and novel technologies and approaches surrounding daily and seasonal ice storage, along with discussions on passive cooling and natural technologies using different methods, including heat pumps.
In sixty-seven exquisite watercolors and drawings, nationally famous architect Eugene Aubry captures on paper the sensibilities, the memories, and the grace that evokes Galveston, especially for those who are BOI (';born on the island').
Advanced Methods and Deep Learning in Computer Vision presents advanced computer vision methods, emphasizing machine and deep learning techniques that have emerged during the past 5-10 years.
Updated and better than ever, Design of Gas-Handling Systems and Facilities, 3rd Edition includes greatly expanded chapters on gas-liquid separation, gas sweetening, gas liquefaction, and gas dehydration -information necessary and critical to production and process engineers and designers.
Rugged Embedded Systems: Computing in Harsh Environments describes how to design reliable embedded systems for harsh environments, including architectural approaches, cross-stack hardware/software techniques, and emerging challenges and opportunities.
Use of Recycled Plastics in Eco-efficient Concrete looks at the processing of plastic waste, including techniques for separation, the production of plastic aggregates, the production of concrete with recycled plastic as an aggregate or binder, the fresh properties of concrete with plastic aggregates, the shrinkage of concrete with plastic aggregates, the mechanical properties of concrete with plastic aggregates, toughness of concrete with plastic aggregates, modulus of elasticity of concrete with plastic aggregates, durability of concrete with plastic aggregates, concrete plastic waste powder with enhanced neutron radiation shielding, and more, thus making it a valuable reference for academics and industrial researchers.
Digital Twin Development and Deployment in the Cloud: Developing Cloud-Friendly Dynamic Models Using Simulink(R)/SimscapeTM and Amazon AWS promotes a physics-based approach to the field of digital twins.
Cost-Effective Energy Efficient Building Retrofitting:Materials, Technologies, Optimization and Case Studies provides essential knowledge for civil engineers, architects, and other professionals working in the field of cost-effective energy efficient building retrofitting.
Ville moyenne, Safi a connu entre la fin du 12è et le 16è siècle, une évolution sociale, économique et politique représentative des mutations que connaissait alors l'ensemble de la partie méridionale du Maroc à la suite de l'arrivée et de l'installation de populations arabes bédouines.
L'art est partout dans nos villes et continue de s'imposer, de façon officielle, quand il est le fruit d'une commande, ou officieuse, quand il relève d'une revendication artistique indépendante.
Transcriptions en pierres d'idéologies dénoncées, discréditées et désuètes, les architectures héritées des régimes totalitaires reviennent de nos jours en force sur la scène publique.
A travers des enquêtes de rue, les auteurs cernent les transformations de la ville de Lubumbashi, jadis phare économique et social du pays, aujourd'hui mégapole clochardisée.
La mondialisation économique ayant instauré une nouvelle hiérarchie entre les espaces économiques et les échelles mondiale, continentale, nationale, régionale - quel statut accorder à la région ?
This book builds upon a wide variety of academic and professional resources to offer an in-depth analysis of the nature, causes, and consequences of major business and technology trends of our time.
Les cultures urbaines doivent être conjuguées au pluriel et prendre en compte les manifestations autour de l'art, de la musique et des pratiques ludo-sportives.
Au moment où la notion de développement durable devient centrale, la réflexion sur la pérennité urbaine se justifie, car l'urbanisation traduit une conquête protéiforme, répétitive et banale des espaces tandis que la ville renvoie à la singularité, à l'héritage, à l'historicité, à l'esthétique et à la complexité.
Climate change, water dynamics, multicultural living and a humanitarian crisis are just some of the complex phenomena shaping urban spatial performances – Raumgeschehen – today.
Author Svare tells the compelling story of the creation and renovation of residences that were home to Morris Graves, a leading figure in Northwest Art and one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century.
Edwin Lutyens' Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval in Northern France, visited annually by tens of thousands of tourists, is arguably the finest structure erected by any British architect in the twentieth century.
