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Human Scale Revisited

Author : Kirkpatrick Sale
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603587136
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Human Scale Revisited written by Kirkpatrick Sale and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big government, big business, big everything: Kirkpatrick Sale took giantism to task in his 1980 classic, Human Scale, and today takes a new look at how the crises that imperil modern America are the inevitable result of bigness grown out of control—and what can be done about it. The result is a keenly updated, carefully argued case for bringing human endeavors back to scales we can comprehend and manage—whether in our built environments, our politics, our business endeavors, our energy plans, or our mobility. Sale walks readers back through history to a time when buildings were scaled to the human figure (as was the Parthenon), democracies were scaled to the societies they served, and enterprise was scaled to communities. Against that backdrop, he dissects the bigger-is-better paradigm that has defined modern times and brought civilization to a crisis point. Says Sale, retreating from our calamity will take rebalancing our relationship to the environment; adopting more human-scale technologies; right-sizing our buildings, communities, and cities; and bringing our critical services—from energy, food, and garbage collection to transportation, health, and education—back to human scale as well. Like Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher, Human Scale has long been a classic of modern decentralist thought and communitarian values—a key tool in the kit of those trying to localize, create meaningful governance in bioregions, or rethink our reverence of and dependence on growth, financially and otherwise. Rewritten to interpret the past few decades, Human Scale offers compelling new insights on how to turn away from the giantism that has caused escalating ecological distress and inequality, dysfunctional governments, and unending warfare and shines a light on many possible pathways that could allow us to scale down, survive, and thrive.

Design for the Real World

Author : Victor J. Papanek
Publisher : Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Design for the Real World written by Victor J. Papanek and published by Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this edition, Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy.

Human Scale Development

Author : Manfred A. Max-Neef
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Human Scale Development written by Manfred A. Max-Neef and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a people-centred approach to development.

High Schools on a Human Scale

Author : Thomas Toch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book High Schools on a Human Scale written by Thomas Toch and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Human Scale

Author : Kirkpatrick Sale
Publisher : New Catalyst Books
ISBN 13 : 9781897408063
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Human Scale written by Kirkpatrick Sale and published by New Catalyst Books. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his landmark work, Sale details the crises facing modern society and offers real solutions, laying out ways to take control of every facet of peoples lives by building institutions, workplaces, and communities that are sustainable, ecologically balanced, and responsive to the needs of the individual.

Transport in Human Scale Cities

Author : Mladenović, Miloš N.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800370512
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Transport in Human Scale Cities by : Mladenović, Miloš N.

Download or read book Transport in Human Scale Cities written by Mladenović, Miloš N. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book calls for a paradigm shift in urban transport, which remains one of the critically uncertain aspects of the sustainability transformation of our societies. It argues that the potential of human scale thinking needs to be recognised, both in understanding people on the move in the city and within various organisations responsible for cities.

Humanscale

Author : Niels Diffrient
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780262040594
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Humanscale written by Niels Diffrient and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Scale Revisited

Author : Kirkpatrick Sale
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603587128
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Human Scale Revisited written by Kirkpatrick Sale and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big government, big business, big everything: Kirkpatrick Sale took giantism to task in his 1980 classic, Human Scale, and today takes a new look at how the crises that imperil modern America are the inevitable result of bigness grown out of control--and what can be done about it. The result is a keenly updated, carefully argued case for bringing human endeavors back to scales we can comprehend and manage--whether in our built environments, our politics, our business endeavors, our energy plans, or our mobility. Sale walks readers back through history to a time when buildings were scaled to the human figure (as was the Parthenon), democracies were scaled to the societies they served, and enterprise was scaled to communities. Against that backdrop, he dissects the bigger-is-better paradigm that has defined modern times and brought civilization to a crisis point. Says Sale, retreating from our calamity will take rebalancing our relationship to the environment; adopting more human-scale technologies; right-sizing our buildings, communities, and cities; and bringing our critical services--from energy, food, and garbage collection to transportation, health, and education--back to human scale as well. Like Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher, Human Scale has long been a classic of modern decentralist thought and communitarian values--a key tool in the kit of those trying to localize, create meaningful governance in bioregions, or rethink our reverence of and dependence on growth, financially and otherwise. Rewritten to interpret the past few decades, Human Scale offers compelling new insights on how to turn away from the giantism that has caused escalating ecological distress and inequality, dysfunctional governments, and unending warfare and shines a light on many possible pathways that could allow us to scale down, survive, and thrive.

Humanscale 1/2/3

Author : Niels Diffrient
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999558812
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book Humanscale 1/2/3 written by Niels Diffrient and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Humanscale series is an important toolkit for everyone who designs for the human body. It incorporates the extensive amount of human engineering data compiled and organized by Henry Dreyfuss Associates throughout the twentieth century, including research of anthropologists, psychologists, scientists, human engineers, and medical experts.Originally published in 1974, Humanscale 1/2/3 consists of pictorial selectors equipped with rotary dials. This portfolio contains three selectors (two sides each) which present over 20,000 bits of information, encompassing anthropometry, guidelines for seating design, and requirements for the handicapped and elderly. Men, women, and children¿large and small¿¿are represented. Measurements are given in metric as well as English units.Engineers, architects, industrial designers, planners, interior and furniture designers, and craftsmen will find that the selectors minimize their searching through numerous and conflicting sources and unreliable information. The Humanscale materials are not a panacea, of course. More detailed studies dealing with interior space, safety, human strength and movement, displays, vision, reach, and controls should also be consulted. The selectors should be used in a creative way, and models and mock-ups based on the data should be tried out with the intended users.

Politics on a Human Scale

Author : Jeff Taylor
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739175769
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Politics on a Human Scale written by Jeff Taylor and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Politics on a Human Scale, Jeff Taylor examines political decentralization in the United States, including agrarianism, states’ rights, the abandonment of the decentralist impulse by the national leadership of the Democratic and Republican parties, and the dissident tradition on the contemporary political scene.

Sustainability and Wellbeing

Author : Mònica Guillen-Royo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317647270
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability and Wellbeing written by Mònica Guillen-Royo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea that we can meet human needs and simultaneously conserve and even enhance the natural environment is an attractive one. Since the Brundtland report popularised a definition of sustainable development based on the concept of needs, there has been a widespread belief that it should be possible to achieve a good quality of life without compromising natural ecosystems. Sustainability and Wellbeing fills a gap in sustainable development studies by drawing on a range of case-studies to discuss the challenges and opportunities of using Max-Neef’s Human Scale Development (HSD) framework in practice. The first section presents the theory and the methodology of HSD in the context of related literature on sustainable development and wellbeing. The second section discusses applications of the HSD methodology with three different purposes: the design of sustainable development interventions; the engagement of researchers with communities or groups of people in sustainability processes and the consolidation of sustainable community initiatives. Finally, the third reflects on challenges and limitations of using the HSD approach to define strategies for sustainable development and concludes. This is an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in wellbeing, sustainability, sustainable development, and human development.

Mobile Augmented Reality for Human Scale Interaction with Geospatial Models

Author : Gerhard Schall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3658001968
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Mobile Augmented Reality for Human Scale Interaction with Geospatial Models written by Gerhard Schall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerhard Schall overviews research activities related to mobile augmented reality in indoor as well as outdoor environments. These activities have emerged over several years, especially around the topics of positioning, sensor fusion, spatial modelling as well as in the fields of ubiquitous computing. The innovative and contemporary character of these topics has led to a great variety of interdisciplinary contributions. The author gives insights into the evolution of mobile augmented reality prototypes for industrial applications, such as X-Ray visualisation of 3D models of the underground infrastructures which is registered correctly in the users view.

Human Dimension and Interior Space

Author : Julius Panero
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
ISBN 13 : 0770434606
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Human Dimension and Interior Space written by Julius Panero and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of human body measurements on a comparative basis is known as anthropometrics. Its applicability to the design process is seen in the physical fit, or interface, between the human body and the various components of interior space. Human Dimension and Interior Space is the first major anthropometrically based reference book of design standards for use by all those involved with the physical planning and detailing of interiors, including interior designers, architects, furniture designers, builders, industrial designers, and students of design. The use of anthropometric data, although no substitute for good design or sound professional judgment should be viewed as one of the many tools required in the design process. This comprehensive overview of anthropometrics consists of three parts. The first part deals with the theory and application of anthropometrics and includes a special section dealing with physically disabled and elderly people. It provides the designer with the fundamentals of anthropometrics and a basic understanding of how interior design standards are established. The second part contains easy-to-read, illustrated anthropometric tables, which provide the most current data available on human body size, organized by age and percentile groupings. Also included is data relative to the range of joint motion and body sizes of children. The third part contains hundreds of dimensioned drawings, illustrating in plan and section the proper anthropometrically based relationship between user and space. The types of spaces range from residential and commercial to recreational and institutional, and all dimensions include metric conversions. In the Epilogue, the authors challenge the interior design profession, the building industry, and the furniture manufacturer to seriously explore the problem of adjustability in design. They expose the fallacy of designing to accommodate the so-called average man, who, in fact, does not exist. Using government data, including studies prepared by Dr. Howard Stoudt, Dr. Albert Damon, and Dr. Ross McFarland, formerly of the Harvard School of Public Health, and Jean Roberts of the U.S. Public Health Service, Panero and Zelnik have devised a system of interior design reference standards, easily understood through a series of charts and situation drawings. With Human Dimension and Interior Space, these standards are now accessible to all designers of interior environments.

A Prometheus on a Human Scale - Ignacy Łukasiewicz

Author : Piotr Franaszek
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783631792919
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book A Prometheus on a Human Scale - Ignacy Łukasiewicz written by Piotr Franaszek and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist whose world-renowned achievements include construction of the world's first oil refinery and invention of the modern kerosene lamp. The authors also portray the history of the Galician oil industry and set it in the context of political, social and technological changes taking place in the 19th-century Central and Eastern Europe. "The work adds substantially to existing scholarship in English. As the author of the only English-language academic monograph devoted to a general history of the Galician oil industry, I can attest that this manuscript adds significant and important information, details, depth of investigation that is not provided in my book or any other book. It therefore makes a novel contribution that will be very valuable to anyone looking for a truly detailed account of Ignacy Lukasiewicz's contribution within the context of the Galician oil industry in general." Alison Frank Johnson Professor of History and of Germanic Languages and Literatures Harvard University, Center for European Studies "The authors sketch the profiles of two outstanding Poles, pioneers of the oil industry - Ignacy Lukasiewicz, MSc. in Pharmacy, and mining engineer and geologist Witold Zglenicki, called the Polish Nobel (...) This scientific work is an interesting and captivating read. It can be used not only by scientists and students, but also by everyone who is interested in industrial cultural heritage (...)." Krzysztof Broński Professor and Head of Department of Economic and Social History Economic University in Kraków

Cities for People

Author : Jan Gehl
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597269840
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Cities for People written by Jan Gehl and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy. Focusing on these issues leads Gehl to think of even the largest city on a very small scale. For Gehl, the urban landscape must be considered through the five human senses and experienced at the speed of walking rather than at the speed of riding in a car or bus or train. This small-scale view, he argues, is too frequently neglected in contemporary projects. In a final chapter, Gehl makes a plea for city planning on a human scale in the fast- growing cities of developing countries. A “Toolbox,” presenting key principles, overviews of methods, and keyword lists, concludes the book. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl’s work around the globe.

Humanscale

Author : Niels Diffrient
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999558805
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)

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Download or read book Humanscale written by Niels Diffrient and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the golden age of American industrial design, Henry Dreyfuss Associates knew that there was more to design than just looking good. Products had to be good, crafted to work with the people who use them.With this in mind, HDA designers Niels Diffrient and Alvin R. Tilley created Humanscale, including its ingenious data selectors, providing access to over 60,000 human factors data points in one easily referenced, user-friendly ¿portfolio of information.¿With these beautiful booklets and interactive data selectors, designers, engineers, architects, and inventors can reference data that serves as a starting point to design products for people.Humanscale 1/2/3 provides data on human body measurements, guidelines for designing seating and work surfaces, and design considerations for wheelchair users, handicapped, and elderly people.Humanscale 4/5/6 provides data on human strength, safety, controls, displays, and the dimensions of human heads, hands, and feet.Humanscale 7/8/9 provides data on standing and seated workspaces, private and public spaces, body access, light, and color.Republished by global innovation and design consultancy IA Collaborative through its ventures program in 2017, the Humanscale Reissue brings back an icon¿the tools to design for people.

Shadow Scale

Author : Rachel Hartman
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375896597
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Shadow Scale written by Rachel Hartman and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seraphina took the literary world by storm with 8 starred reviews and numerous “Best of” lists. At last, her eagerly awaited sequel has arrived—and with it comes an epic battle between humans and dragons. The kingdom of Goredd: a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy balance, and those few who are both human and dragon must hide the truth. Seraphina is one of these, part girl, part dragon, who is reluctantly drawn into the politics of her world. When war breaks out between the dragons and humans, she must travel the lands to find those like herself—for she has an inexplicable connection to all of them, and together they will be able to fight the dragons in powerful, magical ways. As Seraphina gathers this motley crew, she is pursued by humans who want to stop her. But the most terrifying is another half dragon, who can creep into people’s minds and take them over. Until now, Seraphina has kept her mind safe from intruders, but that also means she’s held back her own gift. It is time to make a choice: Cling to the safety of her old life, or embrace a powerful new destiny? Praise for Seraphina: A New York Times Bestseller An Indie Bestseller Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award Winner of the Cybil Award for Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction An Amazon Top 20 Teen Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Library Journal Best Young Adult Literature for Adults Selection A Booklist Editors’ Choice An ABA New Voices Pick A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book An ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Recipient of 8 Starred Reviews “Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I’ve read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can’t wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next.” —Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon “A novel that will appeal to both fans of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series and Robin McKinley’s The Hero and the Crown.” —Entertainment Weekly