Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained ...
With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting ...
The modern southwestern cities of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, and El Paso occupy lands that once supported rich desert ecosystems. Typical development activities ...
According to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth's capacity to supply humanity's needs. This is an ...
Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far ...
The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning. Governments, the private sector, international organizations, ...
Recent claims regarding convergence and divergence between land change science and political ecology as approaches to the study of human-environment relationships and sustainability science ...
This large-format monograph features two early residential works by the notable American architect Michael Graves, both photographed by Yukio Futagawa in a stunning series ...
'GA Houses' documents outstanding new residential architecture from all over the world. Included in each issue also are retrospective looks at residential works of ...
This book critically engages with the idea of decentralization as empowering cities and their residents to act innovatively and creatively. The contributions thus highlight ...
New addition to the Glagow School of Art (UK) by Steven Holl Reality check: Casa Mediterráneo cultural centre, Alicante (ES) by Manuel Ocaña Architecture ...
An intriguing and nostalgic exploration of the relationships between children's building sets and developments in modern architectureThis entertaining book offers a novel view of ...
The cabin is undoubtedly one of the most widely reproduced housing structures due to its simplicity and flexibility. Bahamón analyzes the form, materials, and ...
