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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Tree planting
ISBN : MINN:31951D02269431P
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Afforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D02269434J
Author : Lisa Mummery Gartland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136564215
Heat islands are urban and suburban areas that are significantly warmer than their surroundings. Traditional, highly absorptive construction materials and a lack of effective landscaping are their main causes. Heat island problems, in terms of increased energy consumption, reduced air quality and effects on human health and mortality, are becoming more pressing as cities continue to grow and sprawl. This comprehensive book brings together the latest information about heat islands and their mitigation. The book describes how heat islands are formed, what problems they cause, which technologies mitigate heat island effects and what policies and actions can be taken to cool communities. Internationally renowned expert Lisa Gartland offers a comprehensive source of information for turning heat islands into cool communities. The author includes sections on cool roofing and cool paving, explains their benefits in detail and provides practical guidelines for their selection and installation. The book also reviews how and why to incorporate trees and vegetation around buildings, in parking lots and on green roofs.
Author : Duncan Goodwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351969321
There is a growing evidence base that documents the social, environmental and economic benefits that urban trees can deliver. Trees are, however, under threat today as never before due to competition for space imposed by development, other hard infrastructures, increased pressure on the availability of financial provision from local authorities and a highly cautious approach to risk management in a modern litigious society. It is, therefore, incumbent upon all of us in construction and urban design disciplines to pursue a set of goals that not only preserve existing trees where we can, but also ensure that new plantings are appropriately specified and detailed to enable their successful establishment and growth to productive maturity. Aimed at developers, urban planners, urban designers, landscape architects and arboriculturists, this book takes a candid look at the benefits that trees provide alongside the threats that are eliminating them from our towns and cities. It takes a simple, applied approach that explores a combination of science and practical experience to help ensure a pragmatic and reasoned approach to decision-making in terms of tree selection, specification, placement and establishment. In this way, trees can successfully be incorporated within our urban landscapes, so that we can continue to reap the benefits they provide.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951P01162218R
Author : Mohammad Dastbaz,Wim Naudé,Jamileh Manoochehri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319745497
This book tackles the challenges posed by accelerating urbanization, and demystifies Social Sustainability, the least understood of all the different areas of sustainable development. The volume’s twin focus on these profoundly intertwined topics creates a nuanced and vitally important resource. Large migrations from rural areas to cities without appropriate planning and infrastructure improvements, including housing, education and health care optimization, have created significant challenges across the globe. The authors suggest technology-rich strategies to meet these challenges by careful application of data on population growth and movement to the planning, design, and construction of operational infrastructures that can sustainably support our increasingly rapid population growth.
Author : Lawrence A. Kapustka,Wayne G. Landis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470593011
An important guide to assessing and managing the environment from a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape. Identifying the relevant spatial and temporal scales is critical for an effective understanding of ecological functions that human societies depend upon. Moreover, human encroachment into natural areas, or changes in climate, can alter spatial relationships, which in turn can negatively affect vital plant and wildlife patterns—and weaken economic structures needed to sustain human societies. This book is the first to combine multiple disciplines into one cohesive strategy to study these crucial connections, and looks toward building a social paradigm that embraces the dynamics of ecological systems. This book: Integrates landscape ecology, environmental risk assessment, valuation of ecological goods and services, and environmental management decision processes into one single source Includes chapters on quantitative measures, Bayesian modeling,¿economic analysis, and sustainable landscapes Covers marine, forest, agricultural, and pharmaceutical risk assessment Has a chapter on predicting climate change risk to ecosystems Has a companion ftp site with color graphics, animations, and risk assessment tools With material that is accessible across all knowledge levels, Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a Landscape Perspective moves beyond looking solely at chemical contaminants to diagnose environmental threats, and aims to accomplish practical risk assessment in a manner that supports long-term sustainable management.
Author : Nimish Biloria,Giselle Sebag,Hamish Robertson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031328404
This book has a primary focus on inclusions for solutions to problems and not just more on the nature of the current and emerging problems that most other competing titles present. The book is also a true global representation of challenges and opportunities that have been encountered, addressed, and critiqued from a wide variety of contributors rather than academicians per se. In doing so, rather than focusing on techno-centric prowess and associated case studies of the west (as is the case in most competing titles), the book also equally emphasizes upon the vulnerabilities and mitigating solutions being developed and tested in the under-developed and developing nations. Besides this, the book also acquires an ‘Equity’ oriented focus and hints upon sustainable, inclusive modes of shaping our built environment throughout the contributing chapters. The book is also unique in the way it combines the chosen themes to provide a holistic coverage of the broader determinants of urban health and wellbeing, thus being better positioned to address SDG3 within one compact volume. The book also differs from a typical conference proceeding or a non-peer reviewed book since the book’s highly theme specific approach is curated by a scientific peer review committee to carefully maintain diversity of contributions to the book. Cities have a profound power to support or hinder human health and wellbeing in countless ways. Achieving greater health equity has emerged in recent years as a key priority and consideration when designing cities to promote health and wellbeing, although there is a dearth of evidence and practical examples of research translation to guide cities and communities. The book accordingly exemplifies a pluralistic approach to achieving urban health equity which recognises and addresses critical aspects of geography, age, race, background, socioeconomic status, disability, gender etc. With interdisciplinary science clearly pointing to the role of the neighbourhood environment as one of the most important health determinants, this book will undoubtedly lead the next generation of urban health actors to build contextually responsive, equitable, empathic cities to benefit residents around the world. The book, rather than being focused purely on academic propositions for building equitable cities, offers a unique multi-stakeholder perspective by collaborating with the International Society for Urban Health’s 18th International Conference on Urban Health. This unique collaboration allows access to hundreds of scientists, architects, urbanists, multilaterals, policymakers, non-profit leaders, and grassroots organizers. The book captures the voices and concerns of such diverse cross-sectoral professionals and showcases findings that turn evidence into action and impact in communities around the world. Chapter 14 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Author : Craig William Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UVA:X001713971
Author : Craig William Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951002976593H
Author : Washington (State). Department of Commerce. Evergreen Communities Partnership Task Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Community forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951D030261255
Author : Kevin W. Zobrist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Endemic plants
ISBN : 1636821197
"The author examines regional indigenous trees from a forestry specialist's unique perspective. He explains basic tree physiology and a key part of their ecology--forest stand dynamics. Grouping distinctive varieties into sections, he describes common lowland conifers and broadleaved trees, high-elevation species found in the Olympic Mountains and western side of the Cascades, and finally, trees with a limited natural range and small, isolated populations. Zobrist also includes notable features, where to find particular species, and brief lists of some common human uses, citing Native American medicines, food, and materials, as well as commercial utilization from the time of European settlement to the present day."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Kevin Zobrist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0874223245
In Native Trees of Western Washington, Washington State University's Kevin Zobrist examines regional indigenous trees from a forestry specialist's unique perspective. He explains basic tree physiology and a key part of their ecology--forest stand dynamics. He groups distinctive varieties into sections, all lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs. The result is a delightful and enlightening exploration of regional timberlands.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arboriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02469405C
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Urban forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951D00107954Q