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Open GazaArchitectures of Hope
Cutting-edge analysis on how to improve life inside the Gaza Strip through architecture and design, illustrated in full-color The Gaza Strip is one of the most beleaguered environments on earth. Crammed into a space of 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), 1.8 million people live under an Israeli siege, enforcing conditions that continue to plummet to ever more unimaginable depths of deg…
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Stereotomy
"Stereotomy" is a comprehensive handbook on stereotomy, the art or technique of cutting stone, with chapters on quarrying, cutting, finishing, tools and equipment, masonry, and much more. Written in simple, plain language and profusely illustrated, this volume will be of considerable utility to modern readers with a practical interest in stone-cutting. Contents include: "Description of Building…
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Landscape Considerations in Spatial Planning
The landscape is a vital spatial and material frame for our natural and man-made environment and is considered by many stakeholders to be one of the most important aspects of a healthy, enjoyable life. This book deals with the current trends in the theory of the integration of landscape aspects in spatial planning and development processes. The authors discuss the need for integrated land use…
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- 9783631783009
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Multicriteria Analysis for Environmental Decision-Making
Multicriteria analysis, or MCA, has been increasingly used in environmental decision-making to support the identification of suitable courses of action by integrating factual information with value-based information collected through stakeholder engagement. Multicriteria Analysis for Environmental Decision-Making provides an introduction to the key concepts of MCA and includes a series of case …
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The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United StatesThe Challe…
The Creation of Markets for Ecosystem Services in the United States is a detailed analysis of the most advanced efforts to create markets for ecosystem services in the United States. With the help of in-depth case studies of three well-known attempts to create such markets––in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the Ohio River basin and the Willamette River basin––the book explains why very f…
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The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes
The collection of essays in The Social Ecology of Border Landscapes defi nes borders and borderlands to include territorial interfaces, marginal spaces (physical, sociological and psychological) and human consciousness. From theoretical and conceptual presentations on social ecology and its agencies and representations, to case studies and concrete projects and initiatives, the contributing aut…
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- 9781783086719
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Obispos y Catedrales. Arte en la Castilla BajjomedievalBishops and Cathedrals…
En el grupo de promotores medievales que, sin lugar a dudas, determinaron la forma, funcióny significado de las obras de arte, destacan los prelados. El papel de los obispos en las tareas constructivas y en el encargo de objetos suntuarios fue esencial porque, aunque muchos de ellos dedicaron poco tiempo a la atención de sus sedes y derivaron la responsabilidad de la organización de la Igles…
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El patrimonio urbano del sur de La Habana
El patrimonio urbano del sur de La Habana sistematiza por primera vez la historia urbana del sur del antiguo municipio La Habana, amplia zona donde vive el mayor porcentaje de población de la capital, y existen altos valores patrimoniales. Constituye un documento básico para el estudio histórico, urbano y arquitectónico de conocidos barrios como Jesús del Monte, Luyanó, La Víbora, Arroyo…
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Reti ferroviarie e valorizzazione dei territoriRecupero, manutenzione e innov…
La ricerca scientifica sul tema delle ferrovie pone oggi numerose questioni, che si differenziano notevolmente in funzione dei contesti osservati: dall’interazione tra nodo ferroviario e area urbana, problema particolarmente sentito nelle grandi città, alle strategie per le linee ferroviarie dismesse o sottoutilizzate nelle aree interne della Penisola. Gli interessi socio-economici…
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Piani di Manutenzione "dedicati":utenza_attività_prestazione
Nel corso degli ultimi anni si è rafforzata la consapevolezza che l’investimento nella gestione immobiliare costituisce elemento strategico in grado di contribuire sia a preservare e incrementare il valore economico degli immobili, sia a innescare processi di valorizzazione del contesto in cui i beni si trovano. In ambito pubblico, la gestione immobiliare non costituisce il core bu…
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