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Upscaling Earth

Author : Anna Heringer
Publisher : GTA Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783856763930
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (639 download)

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Download or read book Upscaling Earth written by Anna Heringer and published by GTA Verlag. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth building is not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most modern construction methods of our time. What economic, environmental, and social conditions are necessary for an upscaling of earth to occur? The authors present a wide scope of built und unbuilt projects as well as strategies that can be implemented to edify processes of building, adapting the use of earth to each unique culture and context. The advantages of this material become manifest: from its worldwide availability to the possibility of comprehensive recycling, from climate-neutral production to socially just implementation, including a focus on emerging economies. This book reveals the incredible potentials of earthen architecture - for people and for the entire planet.

Building with Earth

Author : Gernot Minke
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035622558
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Book Synopsis Building with Earth by : Gernot Minke

Download or read book Building with Earth written by Gernot Minke and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth, in common use for architectural construction for thousands of years, has in the past thirty years attracted renewed attention as a healthy, environment-friendly and economical building material. What needs to be considered in this context? The manual Building with Earth, which has been translated into many languages, describes the building technology of this material. The physical properties and characteristic values are explained in a hands-on manner: With proper moisture protection, earth buildings are very durable, and in particular the combination with wood or straw allows a wide spectrum of design options. Numerous built examples demonstrate the range of applications for this fully recyclable material.

Materials

Author : Hattie Hartman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1040040519
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Materials written by Hattie Hartman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The environmental impacts of construction are momentous. How can architects minimise these by making responsible material choices? Material choices have a global impact. The design and construction industry are responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world. Despite the great desire among architects to address this, it can be difficult to compare materials directly, let alone understand the repercussions of selecting materials for use in different parts of a building or of sourcing them from across the world. Showcasing the latest thought leadership from subject experts across the industry, this primer sets out the various considerations and parameters for specifying a particular material. It empowers architects with the knowledge of which materials are available, how best to use them, and what their future holds as the industry continues to innovate. Each chapter will be devoted to a single material and will consider environmental impacts holistically, looking at health and biodiversity impacts, among other issues. Featuring: Chapters written by subject experts, including: Duncan Baker-Brown, Carol Costello, Graham Coult, Barbara Jones, Rowland Keable, Bruce Martin, Michael Stacey and Oliver Wilton. Mainstream and burgeoning materials, including: aluminium, bamboo, brick, concrete, cork, hemp, mycelium, plastics, steel, stone and timber. Diagrams, graphics and illustrated exemplars.

Revolutionizing Earth Observation -

Author : Rifaat M. Abdalla
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0854667105
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (546 download)

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Book Synopsis Revolutionizing Earth Observation - by : Rifaat M. Abdalla

Download or read book Revolutionizing Earth Observation - written by Rifaat M. Abdalla and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Natural Building Techniques

Author : Tom Woolley
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719840481
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Natural Building Techniques written by Tom Woolley and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural materials are increasingly being valued for their use in a wide range of techniques and solutions, not just for building cabins in the countryside, but also for housing, schools and city structures. As the need to respond to climate change becomes a serious requirement for all building projects, so too does our understanding of how these bio-based and renewable materials can help to reduce carbon emissions. With convincing evidence that natural materials work as well as, if not better than, conventional materials, this helpful guide offers an outline of many of the materials, products and methods of construction that are available, equipping readers with confidence to create healthy, ecological homes. This comprehensive book will be of interest to self-builders, home owners, architects, housing developers and specifiers, as well as environmentalists, eco builders and campaigners who want to reduce the impact of construction on the planet.

Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309492432
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live on a dynamic Earth shaped by both natural processes and the impacts of humans on their environment. It is in our collective interest to observe and understand our planet, and to predict future behavior to the extent possible, in order to effectively manage resources, successfully respond to threats from natural and human-induced environmental change, and capitalize on the opportunities â€" social, economic, security, and more â€" that such knowledge can bring. By continuously monitoring and exploring Earth, developing a deep understanding of its evolving behavior, and characterizing the processes that shape and reshape the environment in which we live, we not only advance knowledge and basic discovery about our planet, but we further develop the foundation upon which benefits to society are built. Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space (National Academies Press, 2018) provides detailed guidance on how relevant federal agencies can ensure that the United States receives the maximum benefit from its investments in Earth observations from space, while operating within realistic cost constraints. This short booklet, designed to be accessible to the general public, provides a summary of the key ideas and recommendations from the full decadal survey report.

Cohesive sedimentary systems: Dynamics and deposits

Author : Andrew James Manning
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832543774
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Cohesive sedimentary systems: Dynamics and deposits written by Andrew James Manning and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Upscaling Downtown

Author : Richard E. Ocejo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691176310
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Upscaling Downtown written by Richard E. Ocejo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once known for slum-like conditions in its immigrant and working-class neighborhoods, New York City's downtown now features luxury housing, chic boutiques and hotels, and, most notably, a vibrant nightlife culture. While a burgeoning bar scene can be viewed as a positive sign of urban transformation, tensions lurk beneath, reflecting the social conflicts within postindustrial cities. Upscaling Downtown examines the perspectives and actions of disparate social groups who have been affected by or played a role in the nightlife of the Lower East Side, East Village, and Bowery. Using the social world of bars as windows into understanding urban development, Richard Ocejo argues that the gentrifying neighborhoods of postindustrial cities are increasingly influenced by upscale commercial projects, causing significant conflicts for the people involved. Ocejo explores what community institutions, such as neighborhood bars, gain or lose amid gentrification. He considers why residents continue unsuccessfully to protest the arrival of new bars, how new bar owners produce a nightlife culture that attracts visitors rather than locals, and how government actors, including elected officials and the police, regulate and encourage nightlife culture. By focusing on commercial newcomers and the residents who protest local changes, Ocejo illustrates the contested and dynamic process of neighborhood growth. Delving into the social ecosystem of one emblematic section of Manhattan, Upscaling Downtown sheds fresh light on the tensions and consequences of urban progress.

Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust

Author : David Healy
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 1862393478
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust written by David Healy and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2012 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geologists have long grappled with understanding the mechanical origins of rock deformation. Stress regimes control the nucleation, growth and reactivation of faults and fractures; induce seismic activity; affect the transport of magma; and modulate structural permeability, thereby influencing the redistribution of hydrothermal and hydrocarbon fluids. Experimentalists endeavour to recreate deformation structures observed in nature under controlled stress conditions. Earth scientists studying earthquakes will attempt to monitor or deduce stress changes in the Earth as it actively deforms. All are building upon the pioneering research and concepts of Ernest Masson Anderson, dating back to the start of the twentieth century. This volume celebrates Anderson's legacy, with 14 original research papers that examine faulting and seismic hazard; structural inheritance; the role of local and regional stress fields; low angle faults and the role of pore fluids; supplemented by reviews of Andersonian approaches and a reprint of his classic paper of 1905--

The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle

Author : Amir Khan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319156276
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle written by Amir Khan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the evolution of our planet. This series of topical reviews and original contributions address 4 themes. Theme 1 covers topics in geophysics, including global and regional seismic tomography, electrical conductivity and seismic imaging of mantle discontinuities and heterogeneities in the upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle. Theme 2 addresses geochemical views of the mantle including lithospheric evolution from analysis of mantle xenoliths, composition of the deep Earth and the effect of water on subduction-zone processes. Theme 3 discusses geodynamical perspectives on the global thermo-chemical structure of the deep mantle. Theme 4 covers application of mineral physics data and phase equilibrium computations to infer the regional-scale thermo-chemical structure of the mantle.

The Art of Earth Architecture

Author : Jean Dethier
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781616898892
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Earth Architecture written by Jean Dethier and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost ten thousand years, unbaked earth has been used to build remarkable structures, from simple dwellings to palaces, temples, and fortresses both grand and durable. Jean Dethier spent fifty years researching this landmark global survey, which spans five continents and 250 sites. The Art of Earth Architecture demonstrates the wide-ranging applications and sustainability of this building material, while presenting a manifesto for its ecological significance. Featuring raw-earth masterpieces, monumental structures, and little known works, the book includes the temples and palaces of Mesopotamia, the Great Wall of China, large-scale urban developments in Tenochtitlan in Mexico, the medinas of Morocco, and housing in Marrakech and Bogota. This definitive reference features many UNESCO World Heritage sites and contains essays on the historical, technical, and cultural aspects of raw-earth construction from twenty experts in the field, as well as hundreds of photographs, illustrations, and architectural drawings.

Earth Architecture

Author : Ronald Rael
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568987675
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Earth Architecture written by Ronald Rael and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ground we walk on and grow crops in also just happens to be the most widely used building material on the planet. Civilizations throughout time have used it to create stable warm low-impact structures. The world's first skyscrapers were built of mud brick. Paul Revere Chairman Mao and Ronald Reagan all lived in earth houses at various points in their lives and several of the buildings housing Donald Judd's priceless collection at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa Texas are made of mud brick." "While the vast legacy of traditional and vernacular earthen construction has been widely discussed, little attention has been paid to the contemporary tradition of earth architecture. Author Ronald Rael founder of Eartharchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth mud brick compressed earth cob and several other interesting techniques. Earth Architecture presents a selection of more than 40 projects that exemplify new creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet."--BOOK JACKET.

Second RILEM International Conference on Earthen Construction

Author : Christopher Beckett
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031626907
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Second RILEM International Conference on Earthen Construction written by Christopher Beckett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Program Earth

Author : Jennifer Gabrys
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452950172
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Program Earth written by Jennifer Gabrys and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensors are everywhere. Small, flexible, economical, and computationally powerful, they operate ubiquitously in environments. They compile massive amounts of data, including information about air, water, and climate. Never before has such a volume of environmental data been so broadly collected or so widely available. Grappling with the consequences of wiring our world, Program Earth examines how sensor technologies are programming our environments. As Jennifer Gabrys points out, sensors do not merely record information about an environment. Rather, they generate new environments and environmental relations. At the same time, they give a voice to the entities they monitor: to animals, plants, people, and inanimate objects. This book looks at the ways in which sensors converge with environments to map ecological processes, to track the migration of animals, to check pollutants, to facilitate citizen participation, and to program infrastructure. Through discussing particular instances where sensors are deployed for environmental study and citizen engagement across three areas of environmental sensing, from wild sensing to pollution sensing and urban sensing, Program Earth asks how sensor technologies specifically contribute to new environmental conditions. What are the implications for wiring up environments? How do sensor applications not only program environments, but also program the sorts of citizens and collectives we might become? Program Earth suggests that the sensor-based monitoring of Earth offers the prospect of making new environments not simply as an extension of the human but rather as new “technogeographies” that connect technology, nature, and people.

Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts

Author : José M. García-Ruiz
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031519558
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts by : José M. García-Ruiz

Download or read book Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts written by José M. García-Ruiz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication

Author : Dirk Lowke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031700317
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Book Synopsis Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication by : Dirk Lowke

Download or read book Fourth RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication written by Dirk Lowke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mathematics of Planet Earth

Author : Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642324088
Total Pages : 847 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Mathematics of Planet Earth by : Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza

Download or read book Mathematics of Planet Earth written by Eulogio Pardo-Igúzquiza and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely recognized that the degree of development of a science is given by the transition from a mainly descriptive stage to a more quantitative stage. In this transition, qualitative interpretations (conceptual models) are complemented with quantification (numerical models, both, deterministic and stochastic). This has been the main task of mathematical geoscientists during the last forty years - to establish new frontiers and new challenges in the study and understanding of the natural world. Mathematics of Planet Earth comprises the proceedings of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Conference (IAMG2013), held in Madrid from September 2-6, 2013. The Conference addresses researchers, professionals and students. The proceedings contain more than 150 original contributions and give a multidisciplinary vision of mathematical geosciences.