Upscaling Earth

Author : Anna Heringer,Lindsay Blair Howe,Martin Rauch
Publisher : GTA Verlag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Building materials
ISBN : 3856763937

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Upscaling Earth by Anna Heringer,Lindsay Blair Howe,Martin Rauch Pdf

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.

Author : Gernot Minke
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035622553

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Building with Earth by Gernot Minke Pdf

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.

Author : Hattie Hartman,Joe Jack Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781040040515

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Materials by Hattie Hartman,Joe Jack Williams Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew James Manning,Claire Chassagne,Daniel R. Parsons
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832543771

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Cohesive sedimentary systems: Dynamics and deposits by Andrew James Manning,Claire Chassagne,Daniel R. Parsons Pdf

Author : Amir Khan,Frédéric Deschamps
Publisher : Springer
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319156279

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The Earth's Heterogeneous Mantle by Amir Khan,Frédéric Deschamps Pdf

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.

Author : Tom Woolley
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9780719840487

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Natural Building Techniques by Tom Woolley Pdf

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.

Author : Christopher Beckett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031626906

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Second RILEM International Conference on Earthen Construction by Christopher Beckett Pdf

Author : David Healy
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781862393479

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Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust by David Healy Pdf

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--

Author : José M. García-Ruiz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031519550

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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 4306 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781464963391

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Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics. The editors have built Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Bob Sheil,Marilena Skavara,Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen,Phil Ayres
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781800086340

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Fabricate 2024 by Bob Sheil,Marilena Skavara,Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen,Phil Ayres Pdf

Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures is the fifth volume in the series of Fabricate publications. The first conference – ‘Making Digital Architecture’ – explored the ways in which technology, design and industry are shaping the world around us. Since then, we have become finely attuned to the negative impacts of this shaping. The 2024 conference, hosted in Copenhagen, sets focus on the pressing need to develop new models for architectural production that rethink how resource is deployed, its intensity, its socio-ecological origins and sensitivity to environment. This book features the work of designers, engineers and makers operating within the built environment. It documents disruptive approaches that reconsider how fabrication can be leveraged to address our collective and entangled challenges of resource scarcity, climate emergency and burgeoning demand. Exploring case studies of completed buildings and works-in-progress, together with interviews with leading thinkers, this edition of Fabricate offers a plurality of tangible models for design and production that set a creative and responsible course towards resourceful futures.

Author : Susanne Benner,Gregor Lax,Paul J. Crutzen,Ulrich Pöschl,Jos Lelieveld,Hans Günter Brauch
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030822026

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Paul J. Crutzen and the Anthropocene: A New Epoch in Earth’s History by Susanne Benner,Gregor Lax,Paul J. Crutzen,Ulrich Pöschl,Jos Lelieveld,Hans Günter Brauch Pdf

This book outlines the development and perspectives of the Anthropocene concept by Paul J. Crutzen and his colleagues from its inception to its implications for the sciences, humanities, society and politics. The main text consists primarily of articles from peer-reviewed scientific journals and other scholarly sources. It comprises selected articles on the Anthropocene published by Paul J. Crutzen and a selection of related articles, mostly but not exclusively by colleagues with whom he collaborated closely. • In the year 2000 Nobel Laureate Paul J. Crutzen proposed the Anthropocene concept as a new epoch in Earth’s history • Comprehensive collection of articles on the Anthropocene by Paul J. Crutzen and his colleagues• Unique primary research literature and Crutzen’s comprehensive bibliography• Paul Crutzen’s scientific investigations into human influences on atmospheric chemistry and physics, the climate and the Earth system, leading to the conception of the Anthropocene• Reflections on the Anthropocene and its implications• Bibliometric review of the spread of the use of the Anthropocene concept in the Natural and Social Sciences, Humanities and Law

Author : Huajun Tang,Zhao-Liang Li
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642420276

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Quantitative Remote Sensing in Thermal Infrared by Huajun Tang,Zhao-Liang Li Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive and advanced overview of the basic theory of thermal remote sensing and its application in hydrology, agriculture, and forestry. Specifically, the book highlights the main theory, assumptions, advantages, drawbacks, and perspectives of these methods for the retrieval and validation of surface temperature/emissivity and evapotranspiration from thermal infrared remote sensing. It will be an especially valuable resource for students, researchers, experts, and decision-makers whose interest focuses on the retrieval and validation of surface temperature/emissivity, the estimation and validation of evapotranspiration at satellite pixel scale, and the application of thermal remote sensing. Both Prof. Huajun Tang and Prof. Zhao-Liang Li work at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Mechanics, Applied
ISBN : UCSD:31822033937384

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Journal of Engineering Mechanics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
ISBN : UCSD:31822042636993

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The Earth Observer by Anonim Pdf