BIOL161
... any ideas which are not your own creation is plagiarism. This includes any text you might paraphrase, as well. Anyone is capable of searching the Internet or any printed media; your research paper is intended to broaden your knowledge, stimulate your creativity, and make you think, analyze, and lear ...
... any ideas which are not your own creation is plagiarism. This includes any text you might paraphrase, as well. Anyone is capable of searching the Internet or any printed media; your research paper is intended to broaden your knowledge, stimulate your creativity, and make you think, analyze, and lear ...
LOW-ENERGY DESIGN IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
... other buildings, climatic exposure and the reflection from roofs of lower buildings. Increased wind pressure constrains the use of external sun shading and operable windows beyond a certain height. The height of highrise building limits their ability to take advantage of passive design features, res ...
... other buildings, climatic exposure and the reflection from roofs of lower buildings. Increased wind pressure constrains the use of external sun shading and operable windows beyond a certain height. The height of highrise building limits their ability to take advantage of passive design features, res ...
For a development-led green economy
... The green economy, within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, is one of the two themes of the 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro. It encompasses some of the most important challenges we face today: eradicating poverty, improving our r ...
... The green economy, within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, is one of the two themes of the 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro. It encompasses some of the most important challenges we face today: eradicating poverty, improving our r ...
Impact of Urban Density and Building Height on Energy Use in Cities
... further investigations. Elements that have been excluded due to the complexity of their effects, although potentially significant, are the urban heat island effect and solar irradiance. The urban area modeled is homogenous in the sense that all buildings are of the same height, have the same square ...
... further investigations. Elements that have been excluded due to the complexity of their effects, although potentially significant, are the urban heat island effect and solar irradiance. The urban area modeled is homogenous in the sense that all buildings are of the same height, have the same square ...
a primer on sustainable building
... stories about “sick” office buildings whose air quality makes workers ill. Office workers often toil in bleak spaces with windows that won’t open and lighting that is poor. Homeowners pick up the tab for energy-inefficient construction and drafty houses. Although unsustainable buildings’ harm may a ...
... stories about “sick” office buildings whose air quality makes workers ill. Office workers often toil in bleak spaces with windows that won’t open and lighting that is poor. Homeowners pick up the tab for energy-inefficient construction and drafty houses. Although unsustainable buildings’ harm may a ...
CTBUH Technical Paper - Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
... which could have been avoided, if only designers had taken a more open-minded approach during the design process. Preparing for the Future To prepare for tomorrow’s uncertainties, today’s international planners should start by evaluating the site and potential setbacks and standoff distances from th ...
... which could have been avoided, if only designers had taken a more open-minded approach during the design process. Preparing for the Future To prepare for tomorrow’s uncertainties, today’s international planners should start by evaluating the site and potential setbacks and standoff distances from th ...
MED in Italy - Solar Decathlon Europe
... Depending on the particular site where the house can be installed, sand can be substituted with similar materials to be found locally. Since the contest requires the house to be disassembled, we translated this concept into a series of alluminum tubes, infilled with humid sand, that are hosted in th ...
... Depending on the particular site where the house can be installed, sand can be substituted with similar materials to be found locally. Since the contest requires the house to be disassembled, we translated this concept into a series of alluminum tubes, infilled with humid sand, that are hosted in th ...
Sustainable Development of Natural Resource Capital
... thus becomes a major task of ecological economics as a policy science. The fact that current patterns of use of natural capital are environmentally unsustainable, can also threaten economic and social sustainability. In this way, a general precondition for sustainability is the maintenance of those ...
... thus becomes a major task of ecological economics as a policy science. The fact that current patterns of use of natural capital are environmentally unsustainable, can also threaten economic and social sustainability. In this way, a general precondition for sustainability is the maintenance of those ...
The Global City
... This is the opening page of Peter Hall’s aptly titled 1996 book The World Cities, which analyzed the attributes (politics, trade, communication facilities, finance, culture, technology, and higher education) of cities at the top of the world urban hierarchy (London, Paris, Randstad-Holland, Rhine-Ru ...
... This is the opening page of Peter Hall’s aptly titled 1996 book The World Cities, which analyzed the attributes (politics, trade, communication facilities, finance, culture, technology, and higher education) of cities at the top of the world urban hierarchy (London, Paris, Randstad-Holland, Rhine-Ru ...
Spatial difference features and organization optimi
... Abstract: This paper analyzes the urban spatial structure of Tarim River Basin from the perspectives of urbanization, urban density, grading scales and spatial evolution patterns, using geographical theories and methods, such as fractal theory, principle component analysis, urbanization imbalance in ...
... Abstract: This paper analyzes the urban spatial structure of Tarim River Basin from the perspectives of urbanization, urban density, grading scales and spatial evolution patterns, using geographical theories and methods, such as fractal theory, principle component analysis, urbanization imbalance in ...
Climate Resilient Cities
... Makati City has provided universal health insurance coverage for all its residents since 2006. This program enables the City to provide access to health facilities to less-privileged residents, not only in Makati City but also in any Philhealth-accredited medical facility. There are about 80,000 fam ...
... Makati City has provided universal health insurance coverage for all its residents since 2006. This program enables the City to provide access to health facilities to less-privileged residents, not only in Makati City but also in any Philhealth-accredited medical facility. There are about 80,000 fam ...
Value Case for Sustainable Building in New Zealand [Ministry for the
... with more than 20 buildings of varying types in New Zealand operating successfully. Many of these are award winning and are well liked by their users, with comfort, health and productivity benefits in comparison to conventional buildings. The next few years will almost certainly see the introduction ...
... with more than 20 buildings of varying types in New Zealand operating successfully. Many of these are award winning and are well liked by their users, with comfort, health and productivity benefits in comparison to conventional buildings. The next few years will almost certainly see the introduction ...
Ecology, equity and economics: reframing dryland policy
... Although presented as having an ecological basis, this framing is often driven by political and economic motives. For example, because pastoral regions in both China and East Africa are usually located far from the seat of power and can be politically unstable, settling communities here is thought t ...
... Although presented as having an ecological basis, this framing is often driven by political and economic motives. For example, because pastoral regions in both China and East Africa are usually located far from the seat of power and can be politically unstable, settling communities here is thought t ...
PDF overview - Open Knowledge Repository
... average. Urban areas in East Asia were more than 1.5 times as dense as the average for the world’s urban areas. This high average urban population density (more than 50 times the average density of Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States, for example [Wilson and others 2012]) is an asset ...
... average. Urban areas in East Asia were more than 1.5 times as dense as the average for the world’s urban areas. This high average urban population density (more than 50 times the average density of Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States, for example [Wilson and others 2012]) is an asset ...
Whitehead Biomedical Research Building at Emory University
... are guided by a comprehensive master plan that emphasizes sustainable design practices, which include creating a pedestrian-friendly campus that replaces cars and concrete with greenspaces and walkways. This facility was one of the first buildings at Emory to incorporate new architectural guidelines ...
... are guided by a comprehensive master plan that emphasizes sustainable design practices, which include creating a pedestrian-friendly campus that replaces cars and concrete with greenspaces and walkways. This facility was one of the first buildings at Emory to incorporate new architectural guidelines ...
Sustainable Consumption: The need for a strong consumer
... sectoral research approaches. What these have in common is a primary focus on the consumer as individual. In this context, consumer policy has the function of providing protection for the consumer in terms of health and material well-being, of ensuring his fitness as a “sovereign, responsible econom ...
... sectoral research approaches. What these have in common is a primary focus on the consumer as individual. In this context, consumer policy has the function of providing protection for the consumer in terms of health and material well-being, of ensuring his fitness as a “sovereign, responsible econom ...
Planning permission PAR
... All applications for Listed Building Consent should be accompanied by a written heritage statement. This statement should include a schedule of works to the listed building(s), an analysis of the significance of archaeology, history and character of the building/ structure, the principles of and jus ...
... All applications for Listed Building Consent should be accompanied by a written heritage statement. This statement should include a schedule of works to the listed building(s), an analysis of the significance of archaeology, history and character of the building/ structure, the principles of and jus ...
1 Projects THE DEVELOPING URBAN DETROIT AREA Presented
... of Lake Erie is represented by the ToledoCleveland-Buffalo axis. ...
... of Lake Erie is represented by the ToledoCleveland-Buffalo axis. ...
scanning the marketing environment - McGraw
... Specification of the type and amount of resources necessary to achieve social responsibility objectives. ...
... Specification of the type and amount of resources necessary to achieve social responsibility objectives. ...
Mapping urban and social space: towards a socio
... social space within the built environment. The purpose of this ‘socio-cultural understanding of urban form’ is to be able to design new and regenerate existing residential neighbourhoods with sustainable living qualities. By bringing together specialized knowledge of the physical form of the built e ...
... social space within the built environment. The purpose of this ‘socio-cultural understanding of urban form’ is to be able to design new and regenerate existing residential neighbourhoods with sustainable living qualities. By bringing together specialized knowledge of the physical form of the built e ...
Addis Ababa Principles for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
... regulations to implement such a programme, there are a few underlying conditions that should be taken into account in government and natural resource management planning: (a) It is possible to use biodiversity components in a manner in which ecological processes, species and genetic variability rema ...
... regulations to implement such a programme, there are a few underlying conditions that should be taken into account in government and natural resource management planning: (a) It is possible to use biodiversity components in a manner in which ecological processes, species and genetic variability rema ...
The Impacts of Tall Buildings
... of neighborhoods consisting of rowhouses, low-rise apartment buildings, and other much lower structures. They get their low-carbon advantages not only from density per se, but from an optimum distribution of daily amenities, walkability and access to transit, and other efficiencies of urban form. Th ...
... of neighborhoods consisting of rowhouses, low-rise apartment buildings, and other much lower structures. They get their low-carbon advantages not only from density per se, but from an optimum distribution of daily amenities, walkability and access to transit, and other efficiencies of urban form. Th ...
Sustainable local management of small
... factors that are leading to loss of access to traditional fishing areas, including the establishment of protected areas, tourism and development of aquaculture and ...
... factors that are leading to loss of access to traditional fishing areas, including the establishment of protected areas, tourism and development of aquaculture and ...
Sustainable utilization of geothermal energy resources
... purpose. It is known that hydrocarbon reservoirs are formed in the crust in a time span of some 50-100 million years, but this time is so long compared to the time scale used by human beings that the maturation of hydrocarbon reservoirs is defined as not renewable on the time scale of the activities ...
... purpose. It is known that hydrocarbon reservoirs are formed in the crust in a time span of some 50-100 million years, but this time is so long compared to the time scale used by human beings that the maturation of hydrocarbon reservoirs is defined as not renewable on the time scale of the activities ...
The District of Tomorrow
... New Energy” at the Avantis crossborder business park. The aim of the Centre is to give students a learning and research environment for new building techniques, with the emphasis being on sustainability. ...
... New Energy” at the Avantis crossborder business park. The aim of the Centre is to give students a learning and research environment for new building techniques, with the emphasis being on sustainability. ...