Sustainable cities and communities design handbook : green engineering, architecture, and technology / edited by Woodrow W. Clark.
Contributor(s): Clark, Woodrow W [editor.].
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, Ma : Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, ©2018Edition: Second edition.Description: 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780128139646.Subject(s): Environmental policy | Sustainable development | Green technology | Sustainable architecture | Sustainable engineeringGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and metropolitan scales. The book aims to explain and demonstrate the practice, planning, design, building and managing of the engineering, architectural and economic development of cities and communities to meet sustainable development objectives. Offering a holistic approach to creating sustainable communities, the book includes a 40 percent increase in new methods and technology over the last edition, and 50 percent more case studies from around the world to illustrate how common sustainability problems are solved. --| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sustainable Communities Design Handbook: Green Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Second Edition, brings together the major players responsible for sustainable development at both community and metropolitan scales. The book aims to explain and demonstrate the practice, planning, design, building and managing of the engineering, architectural and economic development of cities and communities to meet sustainable development objectives. Offering a holistic approach to creating sustainable communities, the book includes a 40 percent increase in new methods and technology over the last edition, and 50 percent more case studies from around the world to illustrate how common sustainability problems are solved. --