Eco-Urban Design.

& Quot;Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now a rising demand for evolved bu...

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Main Author:	Flannery, John A.
Other Authors:	Smith, Karen M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer, 2011.
Subjects:	Ecological houses > Design and construction. Sustainable development. Architecture and energy conservation. Architecture > Environmental aspects. Architecture. Civil engineering. Community development, Urban > Planning. Engineering. Fine arts. Sustainable buildings. Sustainable design. Sustainable engineering. Architecture Building Types and Functions Cities, Countries, Regions Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Regional and Cultural Studies Regional planning Sustainable development Electronic books.
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Summary:	& Quot;Eco-Urban Design" focuses on the unprecedented challenges currently faced by architects and designers. In a world where climate change, diminishing natural resources and an increasing global population have become indisputable facts of life there is now a rising demand for evolved buildings that no longer endanger the Earth's fragile ecological systems. This book endeavours to tell the positive side of the story by featuring considered design solutions provided by the world's most innovative architects and engineers. By only including realised projects which have been subjected to p.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9400703694 9789400703698
DOI:	10.1007/978-94-007-0369-8