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Taylor & Francis Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Local Development
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law and Recovery From Disaster Hurricane Katrina
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Taylor & Francis New Principles in Planning Evaluation
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Taylor & Francis Planning Cultures in Europe
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Experience and Conflict The Production of Urban Space
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Taylor & Francis African Identity in PostApartheid Public Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Architecture of Ineloquence A Study in Modern Architecture and Religion Ashgate Studies in Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Urban Complexity and Planning
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Taylor & Francis Skyscrapers and High Rises
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Taylor & Francis Building Rules
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Taylor & Francis Regulation in the European Electricity Sector
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Taylor & Francis The Anthropocene Debate and Political Science
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Taylor & Francis New Regionalism in Australia
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Taylor & Francis WorkLife Balance in Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Complexity and Creative Capacity Rethinking Knowledge Transfer Adaptive Management and Wicked Environmental Problems
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Taylor & Francis Running Buildings on Natural Energy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studies in Arabian Architecture Variorum Collected Studies
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Taylor & Francis Structural and Civil Engineering Design 12 Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Jerusalem Constructing the Study of Islamic Art Volume IV Variorum Collected Studies
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Taylor & Francis Islamic Art and Beyond Constructing the Study of Islamic Art Volume III 3 Variorum Collected Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Venice Arsenal
Book SynopsisThis book reviews four decades of debate about restoring an industrial heritage site of inestimable value the Venice Arsenal. Focusing on the challenges of economic, financial and institutional feasibility, it reveals how failing to address these aspects has undermined potential solutions from both technicians and heritage professionals.With a deep connection to the city over centuries, the Arsenal was the very basis of La Serenissima's sea power, enabling its economic expansion. Later, it maintained a vital military function through shipbuilding until World War II. But the slow process of abandonment of the traditional site's uses and spaces continues to pose questions regarding its preservation and re-use. Drawing on original research from urban planners, architects and historians, the book provides a critical investigation into the organizational and managerial challenges of this unique site, and crucially, why so little has been achieved compared with potential opTable of ContentsPart I – A reminder: on the importance of the Arsenal in the history of administration 1. History of management and stratigraphy of organizing Luca Zan 2. From manufacturing to industry: the turn in the late 19th century Pasquale Ventrice Part II – The state of the art: protection, preservation and re-use 3. The recovery of the Arsenal: the process from 1980 until today Claudio Menichelli 4. The role of the Agenzia del Demanio (State Property Agency) in enhancing the Arsenal Ettore Cammarata 5. The Società Arsenale di Venezia (SAV): from state control to municipal control Roberto D’Agostino 6. Some comments from a management studies perspective Luca Zan Part III – A controversial issue: museum and open access 7. Towards a museum of the Arsenal: home of Venetian civilization, history and shipbuilding Camillo Tonini 8. The Arsenal Museum: issues of spaces availability and accessibility Franco Mancuso 9. The National Museum of Naval History: a reconstruction of the project Claudio Menichelli 10. Scenarios for the Arsenal Museum: back to management Luca Zan Part IV – A research agenda: international perspectives on the Arsenal as tangible and intangible heritage 11. The Arsenal as intangible heritage: between historical meanings and re-uses Luca Zan 12. The Venice Arsenal, singular but not unique: towards a survey of Historic Naval Shipyards in Europe Valentina Gambelli 13. The heritization of Historic Naval Shipyards in Europe Paolo Ferri, Pegram Harrison, Luca Zan Conclusions: a policy agenda to not forget Luca Zan
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interior Design Concept
Book SynopsisInterior Design Concept combines a comprehensive introduction to design concept, with a reflective examination upon the various ways it can be understood, harnessed, and implemented. Within interior architecture and design, the power of conceptual thinking to fuel creativity, innovation, and collaboration is evident in the use of design concept. Broadly accepted as an essential component in the design process, design concept is a notoriously elusive topic which has, until now, received little critical attention. This book offers a reevaluation of current academic ideas about design methodologies and the nature of inspiration, alongside brand-new data from an international research study to help clarify what creativity really means in the modern world. Topics addressed throughout this text will examine the functions and definitions of design concept, analyze how it may be identified and integrated within the design process, investigate from where ideas for design concTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Functions of Design Concepts 2. Definitions of Design Concept 3. Identification of Design Concepts 4. Integration of Design Concepts in the Design Process 5. Generation of Design Concepts 6. Communication of Design Concepts Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical architecture in different regions of the world. Exploring the impact of colonialism, trade, slavery, religious missions, political ideology and intellectual/artistic exchange, the authors demonstrate how classical principles and ideas were disseminated and received across the globe. By addressing a number of contentious or unresolved issues highlighted in some historical surveys of architecture, the chapters presented in this volume question long-held assumptions about the notion of a universally accepted âclassical traditionâ and its broadly Euro-centric perspective. Featuring thirty-two chapters written by international scholars from China, Europe, Turkey, North America, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, the book is divided into four sections: 1) Transmission and re-conceptualisation of classical architecture; 2) Classical influence through colonialism, political ideology and religious conversion; 3Trade Review"While accomplishing its ambitions to examine the reception of classical architecture around the world, this remarkably edited collection is no mere compilation of scholarship under set ideological assumptions. Beyond impeccable and original historiography, its great merit is a critical openness to the complexity of cultural, social and political issues raised by the topic. Given the European origins of global technological civilization, the particular adoption of the classical tradition in diverse postclassical and modern historical contexts is a timely topic to orient our conversations about appropriate architectural practices." - Alberto Perez-Gomez, Bronfman Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal, and author of Attunement, Architectural Meaning after the Crisis of Modern Science"This book clarifies the decisive differences between the style we call classicism and the ideas and practices that define the classical tradition, as received and revised in Europe and beyond. Readers will discover how the tradition’s creative nucleus re-established itself throughout the world, thus authorizing comparably creative revisions for any one at work in architecture today." - David Leatherbarrow, Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania"Was it the same 'classic' architecture the Romans took to Libya, the Jesuit missionaries to the Kangxi Emperor and Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker got the Indians to build in Delhi? Or is it all more brutal, as Goethe thought:: 'classical is healthy, romantic is sick'. If you have wondered about such matters Temple's, Piotrowski's and Heredia's book offers a unique panorama of such problems." - Joseph Rykwert CBE, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Book SynopsisSafety Management Systems in Aviation presents the quality management underpinnings of SMS. The four components that must be designed into proactive safety are: Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion.Including coverage on the cultures of regulatory organizations and expanded coverage on culture assessment, the book considers the nexus between cultural maturity and safety management performance. This third edition features new coverage of international requirements and implications for harmonization across international boundaries. In addition, the book includes new chapters and sections, examples, a hypothetical airline-oriented safety scenario, and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding.The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate aviation students taking Safety Management and Aviation Safety courses. It also functions as a valuable reference tool for SMS practitioners.Table of ContentsPrologue – Quest Airlines Chapter 1 Introduction to SMS Chapter 2 History and Evolution of Safety Chapter 3 Safety CultureChapter 4 Principles of Quality Management Chapter 5 Accident Investigation and SMS Chapter 6 Hazards Chapter 7 Risks Chapter 8 Controls Chapter 9 Taxonomies Chapter 10 Process-Based Safety Risk Management / Safety Assurance Chapter 11 Managing the SMS Chapter 12 Tools and Analysis Methods Chapter 13 SMS Effectiveness Chapter 14 Concluding Thoughts on the Future of SMSEpilogue – Quest Airlines
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Contested Territory of Architectural Theory
Book SynopsisThis book brings together a diverse group of theoreticians to explore architectural theory as a discipline, assessing its condition and relevance to contemporary practice.Offering critical assessment in the face of major social and environmental issues of today, 17 original contributions address the relevance of architectural theory in the contemporary world from various perspectives, including but not limited to: politics, gender, representation, race, environmental crisis, and history. The chapters are grouped into two distinct sections: the first section explores various historical perspectives on architectural theory, mapping theory's historiographical turn and its emergence and decline from the 1960s to the present; the second offers alternative visions and new directions for architectural theory, incorporating feminist and human rights perspectives, and addressing contemporary issues such as Artificial Intelligence and the Age of Acceleration. This edited collectTable of ContentsForeword PART I. Historical Perspectives on Architectural Theory 1. What ever Became of Architectural Theory? 2. Architecture’s Historiographical Turn 3. Erase the Traces! History and Destruction in Brecht, Benjamin, and Tafuri 4. The End of Theory and the Division between History and Design 5. Rehabilitating Operative Criticism: The Return of Theory against Entrepreneurialism 6. Building Without End: The Travails of Archè and Téchne 7. The Theory Nobody Knows 8. Theorizing a Modern Tradition 9. Postmodernist Revivalism and Architectural Gimmicks PART II. Alternative Visions and New Directions 10. The Form of Utopia: Architectural Theory in the age of Hyperobjects 11. Senses of Reality, or: Realism and Aesthetics, Today? 12. On the Use and Abuse of Biological Functionalism for Architecture 13. Architecture Theory in the Age of Acceleration 14. Architecture, Justice, and Theories of Rights 15. Colonialism as Style: On the Beaux-Arts Tradition 16. Feminist Architectural Figurations: Relating Theory to Practice through Writing in Time 17. From Deconstruction to Artificial Intelligence: The New Theoretical Paradigm
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Landscape History
Book SynopsisLandscape history is changing in content and style to address the issues of today. Experienced teachers and authors on the history of gardens and landscapes come together in this new volume to share ideas on the future of teaching history in departments of landscape architecture, archaeology, geography and allied subjects. Design history remains important, but this volume brings to the fore the increasing importance of environmental history, economic history, landscape history, cultural landscapes, environmental justice and decolonisation, ideas of sustainability and climate change amelioration, which may all be useful in serving the needs of a widening range of students in an increasingly complex world. The main themes include: what history should we narrate in the education of landscape architects? how can we recognise counter-narratives and our own bias? how should we engage the students in the history of their chosen profession? how can designers and researchers be persuaded of the relevance of history teaching to theory and practice? and what resources do we need to develop teaching of landscape histories? This book will be of interest to anyone teaching courses on landscape architecture, urban design, horticulture, garden design, architectural history, cultural geography and more.Trade ReviewThis publication is an important contribution to a global movement of scholarly reflection on how reframing landscape history could unlock new possibilities in teaching and learning about our shared global environmental legacy.Kofi Boone, Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar, NC State University, USAProfound knowledge of landscape history is indispensable for landscape architects. It provides valuable insights into the historical layering and narrative of a place which will inspire users, enlarge societal acceptance and prevents a design which denies the genius loci. This book is an excellent aid for this.Theo Spek, Professor of Landscape History, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsKnowing landscape history is fundamental in understanding how the environment has been used, designed and transformed by human society. By bringing together a range of interdisciplinary and transnational understandings in teaching landscape history, this volume challenges historical and shifting perspectives of landscape in relation to race, class, gender, and politics.Catharina Nolin, Professor of Art History, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University, SwedenTable of ContentsAuthorsAbbreviations ForewordPreface: landscape history in crisis Introduction1. The necessity for landscape history2. The shifting meanings of ‘landscape’3. The branches of landscape history4. A cluster of subjects5. Identity and dispossession6. Whose history?7. Present pedagogy8. The possibilities from new technology9. Reviewing the curriculum10. Towards a manifesto
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Taylor & Francis Cultivated Therapeutic Landscapes
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Energy Environment and Geopolitics in Eurasia
Book SynopsisThis book advances our understanding of security and its intricate interactions with geopolitics and the environment in Eurasia.Norman A. Graham and Suhnaz Yilmaz focus on Eurasia, where the energy-water-food nexus has emerged as a vital aspect of political economy and increasinglyas a decisive factor for human security. As clearly revealed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this nexus rests on a precarious balance. Graham and Yilmaz argue that Central Eurasia is currently Running on Empty and highlight the key environmental challenges, including water quantity and quality and food security. The authors draw on their extensive fieldwork in countries including Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Turkey, and Uzbekistan to assess the interests and impact of pivotal actors and evaluate the competition and complementarities of these actors regarding water, energy, food security, and foreign policy imperatives. They also examine the broader interactTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgements1. Introduction and Theoretical Framework2. The Energy Security Strategy of Europe:How did Europe Become So Dependent on Russia?3. Europe’s Energy and Environmental Challenges in the Context of the Geopolitics ofEurasia: Is the Russian Invasion of Ukraine a Game-Changer?4. Linking Energy, Environment and Geopolitics:The Quest for Water, Energy and Food Security in Central Eurasia5. Russia and Central Eurasia: How Strong is Russia’s Hold on its “Near Abroad”?6. China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities for Central Eurasia in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus7. Türkiye and the Energy and Water Supply Network in the South Caucasus and the GreaterMiddle East8. Conclusion: Towards Peace, Prosperity, and Environmental Sustainability in EurasiaIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd LeadingGreen
Book SynopsisLeadingGreen: LEED Green Associate Exam v4 Study Guide brings together a concise introduction to the core concepts behind the LEED green building rating system with efficient, effective test preparation for the LEED Green Associate Exam. The guide provides an essential foundation in principles of sustainable design and construction for students and professionals in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction, real estate development, urban planning, and environmental policy. If you are interested in passing the LEED Green Associate Exam, this is the right place to start. The background, objectives, and evolution of green building standards as well as what actually goes into a LEED building are covered in a clear and straightforward manner. Tailored to precise exam expectations, the guide breaks down the key LEED categories one credit at a time. Drawing upon the author's extensive experience as a LEED educator for universities and professionTable of Contents1. Green Buildings and Sustainability. 2. The Governing Bodies of LEED – USGBC + GBCI. 3. Integrative Process (1 Point). 4. Location and Transportation (LT). 5. Sustainable Sites (SS). 6. Water Efficiency. 7. Energy and Atmosphere. 8. Materials and Resources. 9. Indoor Environmental Quality. 10. Innovation in Design. 11. Regional Priority. Appendix I. Additional Information. Appendix II. LEED Green Associate Exam Tips. Appendix III. Glossary.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tropical House Design Handbook
Book SynopsisPacked with accessible information, this book covers all the technical and practical aspects of home design in tropical environments.It begins by outlining the prerequisites needed to understand the issues involved (climate, heat, thermal comfort, etc.) and discusses the solutions offered by traditional housing. It then identifies current solutions for protecting buildings and their occupants from solar radiation and external heat, while promoting bioclimatic and environmentally friendly approaches.The economic viability of the solutions identified is discussed, as are the advantages and disadvantages of the materials, depending on the context and standards in force.Numerous examples illustrate how buildings can be adapted to local realities, from the avant-garde creations of Jean Prouvé to those of today's architects who are committed to sustainable development, as well as specific projects incorporating the recommendations made in this book.More than 46Table of Contents1. Challenges and Objectives 2. Climate 3. Heat 4. Thermal Comfort 5. Traditional Construction 6. Protection From Solar Radiation 7. Thermal Insulation 8. Cooling and Air Conditioning 9. Feasibility 10. Examples of Projects 11. Portfolio 12. Apartment Blocks Conclusions and Perspectives
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Flourish by Design
Book SynopsisFlourish by Design brings together a range of established and emerging voices in design research for a collection that provides original provocations on topics of global significance. It is an insightful guide to original theory and practice concerning how we can design for a better tomorrow.Featuring contributors from a diverse array of backgrounds and professions, this edited book explores the difference that design and design research can make for people, organisations, and the planet to prosper now and in the future. It offers a range of ideas and techniques through practical examples and ongoing projects showing how applied design research can respond to global challenges. Covering topics as diverse as artificial intelligence, bio-inspired materials, more-than-human design, sustainability, and urban acupuncture, it shares interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary design research not just to demonstrate what could be plausible in the near future but also toexplain whTable of ContentsIntroduction: flourish by design: agendas and practices for positive change Part 1: Flourishing together 1. Flourish together 2. Flourishing, design, and the brain 3. Designing more-than-human urban places 4. Why a design attitude matters in a world in flux 5. Flourish(ing) by design? 6. Memes—designed to flourish or doomed to divide? 7. Can designers and AI flourish together? 8. Challenging capitalism through design for commonism 9. How cross-relational design research can foster pandemic recovery 10. Flourishing in joyful discovery: scaffolding new thinking 11. Build together a flourishing world: let’s give a shit and plant seeds Part 2: Flourishing organisations 12. Flourishing organisations 13. What organisations will flourish in the future and why we need a new design culture that is fit for the 22nd century? 14. Flourishing for all: the imperative for design research to go beyond academia 15. The shadow side: why embracing death and decay is essential to flourishing 16. Making design research work by flourishing through disappearance 17. Working at the junction: reconciling numbers and vulnerabilities 18. Public value by design: toward a flourishing design culture in public services 19. What schools do we need? 20. Evolutionary change of organisations and its flourishment over the design paradigms 21. It is time for radical co-design 22. Design after things Part 3: Flourishing in the world 23. Flourishing in the world 24. Making a difference by design 25. Transdisciplinary design: next generation bio-inspired building materials 26. Can design heal a city? 27. The idea of ‘agency’ in design today 28. The Anthropocene warrants a new standard time 29. Just toys? From material sustainability to co-design and degrowth 30. Legacy and sustainability in design research: A global dialogue 31. Falling UP and caring for better 32 Sustainability: designing for a technological utopia or dystopia? Afterword: to flourish or not to flourish by design
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Taylor & Francis Reading for Water
Book SynopsisAn experiment in reading for water, this book offers students and teachers a toolkit of methods that follow the sensory, political and agentive power of water across literary texts.The chapters in this book follow rivers, rain, streams, tunnels and sewers; connect atmospheric, surface and ground water; describe competing hydrological traditions and hydro-epistemologies. They propose new literary regions defined less by nation and area than by coastlines, river basins, monsoons, currents and hydro-cosmologies. Whether thinking along water courses, below the water line, or through the fall of precipitation, Reading for Water moves laterally, vertically and contrapuntally between different water-worlds and hydro-imaginaries. Addressing southern African and Caribbean texts, the collection draws on a range of elementally inclined literary approaches: critical oceanic studies, new materialisms, coastal and hydrocritical approaches, hydrocolonialism, black hydropoetics and atmospheric methods.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Interventions.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Air Show Performers
Book SynopsisAir shows are high-risk activities that must be conducted with careful thought towards the general public, spectators, and flying and nonflying participants to ensure that the activity is as safe as reasonably possible. The impromptu, ad hoc, unrehearsed or unplanned must never be attempted. This book offers a holistic overview of the state of safety, including safety cultural variables, safety risk parameters, and human performance factors, in the international air show community. This book aims to close the knowledge gap on safety management in air shows. It imparts to the aviation sector and other high-risk and high-performance industries the experience and knowledge that airshow performers have gained regarding risk assessment, psychological aspects, and mindfulness techniques used for safe and effective performances. The book highlights how resilient safety culture can change the air show community''s mentality to deliver safer and more spectacular air show events and prTrade Review"The analysis of the obvious professionalism airshow performers need to have, especially in the context of safety, is extended by the author to risk management and psychological factors. This addition, based on his extensive experience as a display pilot, a display director, and a coach, will inspire the airshow world."- Gilbert Buekenberghs Honorary Chairman of the European Airshow Council, ICAS Sword of Excellence Recipient, Airshow Organizer 1975-2023"Airshow World is governed by 2 key words Quality and Safety…I don’t know which to name first because one does not work without the other…I was privileged to meet Manolis when he strongly involved himself in helping me organize a display of my Jet Team in Athens….since that day, his dedication to promoting Quality and Safety of Airshows has been superb !!! Especially through his research and involvement in EAC…For sure, this book will become a reference and a source of inspiration for future generations of Display Pilots."- Jacques Bothelin, French Aerobatic Jet Team Leader, Honorary Board Member European Airshow Council Table of Contents1. The Evolution of Air Show Performers 2. Risk Management 3. Air Show Culture 4. Psychological Factors 5. Mindfulness 6. Epic Survivals 7. The Evolution of Air Shows: From Thrilling Spectacle to Safe and Sustainable Exhibition 8. Concluding Remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Public Engagement Made Easy
Book SynopsisLocal leaders don't need to become professional facilitators or hire expensive consultants to run a great meeting. Public Engagement Made Easy offers practical and affordable methods that bring ease to one of the most challenging aspects of any local leader's role: involving the public. The tools and techniques in this book will empower planners, public managers, decision-makers, and other leaders to implement effective public engagement programs that build trust within communities and contribute to successful decisions that stand the test of time.
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Taylor & Francis The Architects Pocket Guide to Portfolio Design
Book SynopsisThis is an essential guide for architecture and design students struggling to put together an effective portfolio.There is too often a haphazard approach to architecture portfolio design and creation. Without a fundamental understanding of basic graphic design principles, portfolios can seem garish and disjointed, doing a disservice to the work on show and the designersâ professional potential. This concise and highly visual guide explains the fundamental principles of portfolio creation, provides dos and donâts, common mistakes, and analysis of a diverse range of both successful and unsuccessful samples. Aspirational, innovative design work is also presented alongside detailed commentary breaking down the reasons why it works. Chapters walk through the complete process in an intuitive way, covering purpose, curation, form, layout, content and review, while providing both digital and print techniques.Following the framework laid out in this book will quickly and effectively elevate any architecture portfolio, allowing you to showcase your work in the most professional way possible.
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Taylor & Francis Planting Design
Book SynopsisLandscape designers have long understood the use of plants to provide beauty, aesthetic pleasure and visual stimulation while supporting a broad range of functional goals. However, the potential for plants in the landscape to elicit human involvement and provide mental stimulation and restoration is much less well understood. This book meshes the art of planting design with an understanding of how humans respond to natural environments. Beginning with an understanding of human needs, preferences and responses to landscape, the author interprets the ways in which an understanding of the human-environment interaction can inform planting design. Many of the principles and techniques that may be used in planting design are beautifully illustrated in full colour with examples by leading landscape architects and designers from the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Asia, including: Andrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, San Francisco, CA<Trade Review"Planting Design begins with a comprehensive overview of the scientific theories which explain why people have such strong emotional responses to nature. Dr. Mooney then distills this research into practical design principles that help us understand how our aesthetic preferences are formed through spatial structure, pattern, colour and light. This book validated many of the intuitive decisions I made over years of practice - it will be an interesting read as well as a source of inspiration for both the novice garden designer and the seasoned landscape architect." —Andrea Cochran, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture "This ambitious book attempts to ground planting design in research-based decisions that extend beyond traditional categories of knowledge such as horticulture and aesthetics to include human-centered concepts of the environment. Across seven chapters of history and theory, Patrick Mooney ASLA, a landscape architect who teaches at the University of British Columbia, includes examples from projects by Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture, Melody Redekop, and Kongjian Yu, FASLA, among others. Mooney argues in his book for integrating new understandings of the ways humans interact with their environments, synthesizing ideas across several fields to advocate for designing multifunctional landscapes." —Landscape Architecture Magazine, Vol. 110 No. 7 Table of Contents1. The Preferred Landscape 2. The Restorative Landscape 3. Horticultural Considerations in Planting Design 4. Functional and Aesthetic Criteria in Planting Design 5. Space and Place 6. The Elements of Design 7. Color
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mitchells Introduction to Building Mitchells
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Building provides a comprehensive introduction to various aspects of development and associated building procedures, from initial planning and design through procurement of building work, contractual arrangements and construction techniques. Now in its Fifth Edition, this popular text continues to present an authoritative overview of the many design and practical considerations associated with the creation and maintenance of modern buildings, including repair of existing buildings and traditional construction procedures. Topics covered include the functional requirements of a building: appearance, durability, dimensional suitability, strength and stability, weather exclusion, sound control, thermal comfort, fire protection, lighting and ventilating, sanitation and drainage, security, cost, sustainability, building processes, the building team, communication and construction methods. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface SI Units Introduction Part A 1. The Requirements of a building 2. Appearance 3. Durability 4. Dimensional suitability 5. Strength and stability 6. Weather exclusion 7. Sound control 8. Thermal comfort and efficiency 9. Fire protection 10. Lighting and ventilation 11. Sanitation and drainage 12. Security 13. Cost Part B 14. Sustainability 15. Building processes 16. The Building team 17. Communication Part C 18. Construction method Appendix I Working drawings and schedules Appendix II Examples of planning and Building Regulations application forms Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Structures by Design
Book Synopsis*Winner of the 2021 TAA Textbook Excellence Award*Honorable Mention of the 2021 BTES Book AwardStructures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on, creative problem-solving techniques typically found in a design studio. Instead of presenting structures as abstract concepts defined by formulas and diagrams, this book uses a project-based approach to demonstrate how a range of efficient, effective, and expressive architectural solutions can be generated, tested, and revised.Each section of the book is focused on a particular manner by which structural resistance is provided: Form (Arches and Cables), Sections (Beams, Slabs, and Columns), Vectors (Trusses and Space Frames), Surfaces (Shells and Plates), and Frames (Connections and High-Rises). The design exercises featured in each chapter use the Trade Review"Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking is a robust introduction to architectural structures that emphasizes structural design as a creative activity and the understanding of structural concepts through active modeling. Drawing from his innovative teaching in architectural design studios, Rob Whitehead guides us through hands on exercises that develop the intuitive and analytical understandings that underlie structural design thinking. The text interweaves a typology of structural systems and a survey of classic and contemporary case studies with a fusion of conceptual design tools ranging from traditional graphic, analytical and physical models to computational analysis and a profoundly simple, yet powerfully impactful experience constructing models using our own bodies. Whitehead’s approach is unique in its premise that understanding modeling theory and the assumptions and limitations inherent in modeled systems is as important as the concepts the models are designed to teach." Christine Theodoropoulos, AIA, PE, Dean, College of Environmental Design, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo"Structures by Design is an empowering text that provides straightforward techniques for structural design solutions using our own bodies as models. Engaging for both students and faculty, Rob Whitehead has written a timely contribution to the discourse of Integrated Design that surpasses abstract complexity for visualizing structures that are essential to the design process, and based in history. This is the structures text I needed when I was a student, and it’s one I’m pleased to have now.”Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, E Fay Jones Distinguished Professor, Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of ArkansasTable of ContentsPreface Starting with Structures 0.0 Introduction: The Case for Making & Breaking Part 1 Learning to Think, Make, and Break1.0 Body Structures: The Feel of Things1.1 Seating Structures: Elemental Design Options1.2 Building Structures: Effective, Efficient, and ExpressivePart 2 Resistance & Form2.0 FORM: Structures of Compression and Tension2.1 Compressive Arches: Past the Breaking Point2.2 Suspended Structures: Designing for TensionPart 3 Resistance & Section3.0 SECTIONS: Beams, Slabs, and Columns3.1 Stacking and Spanning Timber: Fundamental Framing and Analysis3.2 Better Beams and Slabs: Formal Experiments in EfficiencyPart 4 Resistance & Vectors4.0 VECTORS: Trusses and Triangulated Planar Assemblies4.1 Planar and Spatial Trusses: Long Span SolutionsPart 5 Resistance & Surfaces5.0 SURFACES: Structural Art, Utility, and Assemblies of Shells5.1 Spanning Surfaces and Shapes: Vaults & PlatesPart 6 Resistance & Frames6.0 FRAMES: Strategies for Stability6.1 High-Rise Structures: Taller, Thinner, and Smarter AppendixSpanning Tables, Charts, & Additional ExamplesAdditional ReadingsGlossaryIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Frank Lloyd Wrights Concrete Adobe
Book SynopsisDuring the years 1919 into 1925 Frank Lloyd Wright worked on four houses and a kindergarten located in metropolitan Los Angeles using concrete blocks as the main building material. The construction system has been described by Wright and others as 'uniquely molded', 'woven like a textile fabric' and perceived as ground breaking, truly modern, unprecedented. Many have attempted to uphold these claims while some thought the house-designs borrowed from old exotic buildings. For the first time this book brings together Wright's declarations, the support of upholders and inferences in order to determine their accuracy and correctness, or the possibility of feigned or fictional stories. It examines technical developments of concrete blocks by Wright and others before his experiences in Los Angeles began in 1919. It also studies the manner of Wright's design process by an examination of relevant pictorial and textual documents. A unique, in-depth and critical analysis of the houses is Trade Review’Don Johnson is an authority on Frank Lloyd Wright. He is also an experienced architectural historian who takes nothing for granted, and tenaciously goes back to basics - the original documents, the buildings themselves, and their historical context - when investigating tendentious historical claims. This challenging study of Wright’s five concrete block houses deals with what was perhaps a minor phase in Wright’s prodigious output, but Johnson’s highly original conclusions have very wide implications for our understanding of architectural mythology, the regional architecture of the south-west, and the character and reputation of Frank Lloyd Wright himself.’ Gilbert Herbert, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Preface; introduction; Questions, events ... and precast concrete; The buildings; The Taylors and the Griffins; Tiles and blocks; Wright’s fiction; Historians’ fiction; Irving Gill, regionalism and concrete adobe; Closure ... Schindler and resurgence; Appendices; References; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Geometry of Creation
Book SynopsisThe flowering of Gothic architecture depended to a striking extent on the use of drawing as a tool of design. By drawing precise blueprints with simple tools such as the compass and straightedge, Gothic draftsmen were able to develop a linearized architecture of unprecedented complexity and sophistication. Examination of their surviving drawings can provide valuable and remarkably intimate information about the Gothic design process. Gothic drawings include compass pricks, uninked construction lines, and other telltale traces of the draftsman''s geometrically based working method. The proportions of the drawings, moreover, are those actually intended by the designer, uncompromised by errors introduced in the construction process. All of these features make these drawings ideal subjects for the study of Gothic design practice, but their geometry has to date received little systematic attention. This book offers a new perspective on Gothic architectural creativity. It shows, in a seTrade Review'This is an exceptional book that casts new light on the design processes of medieval architects. Bork has taken the radical and novel step of looking at surviving medieval drawings in the hope of finding the geometrical logic behind their structures and decorations. The results have been spectacular. He can plot the lines the original designers actually used in developing their geometric schemes, and he does so with a sharpness of vision unmatched by any of his predecessors in the field. Bork is able to show a remarkable continuity of design practice in medieval architecture, from Villard de Honnecourt to Lorenz Lechler. Paul Frankl had already said as much, but no one before Bork has demonstrated it in such detail and with such authority.' Professor Paul Crossley, The Courtauld Institute of Art With his meticulous and creative study of dozens of drawings prepared by the master builders of Gothic cathedrals, Robert Bork makes a convincing case for a dynamic relationship between that Gothic "look" and the processes of creation. Animated by compasses and straightedge, geometric forms - especially squares, octagons and hexagons - seem to take on a life of their own, ordering the principal outlines of the yet-to-be-built church. This book will provide an invaluable resource for all students and lovers of Gothic architecture. Stephen Murray, Columbia University Robert Bork's impressive and rigorous analysis of the most spectacular medieval parchment drawings demonstrates that the shape and proportions of great Gothic churches arose from the assembly of accurately regulated geometrical figures, and that these figures were applied to façade and ground plan designs by routines that circulated widely in the Gothic world. Thus, Bork's investigation lets us literally see behind the curtain of the medieval builder's studio. It reveals geometry as the key to a deeper understanding of the way medieval monuments were generated by architects eager to establish their professionTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: geometry and the Gothic design process; The origins of Gothic architectural drawing; The flowering of rayonnant drawing in the Rhineland; Italian drawings up to 1350; Germanic tower drawings and the elaboration of tradition; Wider horizons; The Italian Challenge to the Gothic design system; Conclusion: Gothic drawings as traces of the creative process; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Capsules Typology of Other Architecture
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the architectural, product design, and urban typology of the capsule which, beginning in the 1960s, broadened the concept of the basic building blocks of architecture to include a minimal living unit, called the capsule. Here it is presented with regard to the continuity of the development of the Modern Movement, its revisionist criticism, pioneering examples, as well as contemporary examples and uses. The typology of the capsule allows us to consider this theme in terms of the architecture of resistance, with the potential to search for an other architecture that is embedded in our contemporaneity (manifested in small dwellings, composite structures, and container units; shelters and mobile homes in nature and the urban environment; technology transfer in high-tech designs; devices, additions, and extensions etc.). The concept of the capsule as a building element of architecture, as well as a spatial element, can therefore be regarded as having a generatTrade Review"Rereading the history of 20th century architecture through the lens of the capsule, Peter Šenk reassesses a line of technotopianism in modernism. His ‘genealogy of the capsule‘, from functionalism over Buckminster Fuller, team X, metabolism, Archigram and the hippie scene, is a refreshing rediscovery of architectural dreams in the Space and Machine Age." - Lieven De Cauter, Author of a.o. The Capsular Civilization. "A capsule in architecture. This "monad" of human inhabitation, driven by industrialization and rapid growth of population, was one of the most typical phenomenon of the last century. Now, the architects’ enthusiasm seems to be lulled. However, our planet is still growing. The issue is more related to philosophy than to design fashion. Peter Šenk's well-informed and well-thought-out book will provide the guideline for the next stage of monadist world still in the population explosion." - Hajime Yatsuka, Architect and Critic, Organizer of the "METABOLISM THE CITY OF THE FUTURE" Exhibition (2011 Tokyo, 2013 Taipei).Table of Contents1. Frame(work). 2. Development: Pioneers and Contemporaries. Subsistence Minimum (Existenzminimum). CIAM and the New Generation. From Buckminster Fuller to Counterculture 1960. British Techno-Utopia and Experiments for the Immediate Future. Japanese Metabolism and the Philosophy of Change. 3. Catalog: Typology and Its Manifestation. Autonomous Cells. Connective Cells. 4. Medium: Typology and Image. Envelope: Protection and Representation (Exterior). Envelope: Comfort Equipment and Feedback Simulation (Interior). Prefabricated Integrity (Structure, Function, Representation). Temporariness (Time and Space). Mobility (Movement). 5. Coda: In Pursuit of Other Architecture. Select Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hybrid Drawing Techniques for Interior Design
Book SynopsisHybrid Drawing Techniques for Interior Design shows you a flexible and productive design workflow that starts with hand drawing and moves on to digital techniques. In this book, digital and freehand images are displayed side-by-side, so that you can choose at every step which method is best for your desired effect. You will also learn how to draw freehand using a digital tablet, and how to render perspective views, elevations and floor plans. This book includes more than 400 color images and practice exercises that can be referenced online.Trade ReviewThis step by step approach greatly encourages the beginner and the advanced renderer to discover and utilize necessary tools to improve their skills. The attention to, and technique for placing humans within the environment along with the development of outdoor views, will promote improvement of the human connection & conceptual presentations.This resource will be extremely useful for both students and professors. Lisa Tucker Cross, Ph.D. RID, IIDA, IAPSProfessor of Interior DesignAs in his renowned classroom teaching, Jorge’s book clearly guides aspiring architects and designers to find the harmonious balance between the poetry of hand-drawing and the powerful capabilities of computerized rendering. Via a range of real-life projects including individual furniture surfaces to floor plans and elevations for hotel lobbies, offices, kitchens and other residential rooms, you’ll learn how to create dynamic, professional images for interior design or architectural presentations. Throughout the book, his insightful techniques will demonstrate how to solve various problems that may arise in the creative process without having to start over, using both physical and digital methods. Marisa Gutmacher, RISD BFA’90, BIA ‘91This step by step approach greatly encourages the beginner and the advanced renderer to discover and utilize necessary tools to improve their skills. The attention to, and technique for placing humans within the environment along with the development of outdoor views, will promote improvement of the human connection & conceptual presentations. This resource will be extremely useful for both students and professors. Lisa Tucker Cross, Ph.D. RID, IIDA, IAPSProfessor of Interior DesignTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Preparing Linework and Material for Freehand and Digital Rendering. Introduction to Photoshop and Sketchbook Chapter 2. Furniture and Small ItemsChapter 3. Soft and Hard Surfaces, Rendering Reflections, Metals and Translucent MaterialsChapter 4. Natural and Artificial Light Configurations on Floor Plans and ElevationsChapter 5. Rendering Floor Plans and Elevations. Working with Patterns and ShadowsChapter 6. The Human FigureChapter 7. Plants and Outside ViewsChapter 8. Putting Our Interiors TogetherChapter 9. Working with Architectural RenderingsBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Architecture of Natural Cooling
Book SynopsisOverheating in buildings is commonplace. This book describes how we can keep cool without conventional air-conditioning: improving comfort and productivity while reducing energy costs and carbon emissions. It provides architects, engineers and policy makers with a how-to' guide to the application of natural cooling in new and existing buildings. It demonstrates, through reference to numerous examples, that natural cooling is viable in most climates around the world.This completely revised and expanded second edition includes: An overview of natural cooling past and present. Guidance on the principles and strategies that can be adopted. A review of the applicability of different strategies. Explanation of simplified tools for performance assessment. A review of components and controls. A detailed evaluation of case studies from the USA, Europe, India and China. This book is not just for the technical speciaTrade Review"Natural cooling is one of the most important aspects to tackle while designing, and surely one of the trickiest to master. Through a well-calibrated collection of theoretical principles and practical recommendations, all supported by a set of thoroughly analysed and presented case studies, this volume provides a reference book for the many professionals who, in response to global trends, are just approaching the matter, as well as for those in search for a deeper understanding of natural cooling principles and their possible practical applications." - Mario Cucinella, Architect, Hon FAIA, Int. Fellow RIBA (Founder MCA Bologna and New York) "This book brings together a uniquely comprehensive body of history, architectural science and contemporary practice that will stand as a primary source in the foreseeable future. The understanding of the specificity of climate lies at the heart of the book, serving as one of the foundations for natural cooling design. At the other pole of environmental design, human comfort is an essential parameter. Between these poles the book presents a systematic and comprehensive methodology for design that embraces precedent, science and technology. - Dean Hawkes Emeritus Professor, Welsh School of Architecture & Darwin College, Cambridge Table of ContentsForeword by Dean Hawkes. 1. Origins and Opportunities. 2. Principles ans Strategies. 3. Climate Applicability Mapping. 4. Integrated Design. 5. Testing the Strategy. 6. Performance Analysis. 7. Component Design. Case Study 1: Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, India. Case Study 2: Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, Ningbo, China. Case Study 3: Federal Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Case Study 4: Stock Exchange, Valletta, Malta. Case Study 5: Zion National Park Visitor Centre, Springdale, Utah, USA. Case Study 6: Global Ecology Research Centre, Palo Alto, California, USA. Conclusions. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd A Place to Call Home
Book SynopsisAny city is a product of politics and economics, organizations and people. Yet, the life experiences of women uprooted from its poorest quarters seldom inform urban resettlement plans. In this ethnographic field study, Ramya Ramanath, Associate Professor at DePaul University, examines the lives of women displaced by slum clearance and relocated to the largest slum resettlement site in Asia. Through conversations with diverse women of different ages, levels of education, types of employment, marital status, ethnicity, caste, religion, and household make-up, Ramanath recounts how women negotiate a drastic change in environment, from makeshift housing in a park slum to ownership of a high-rise apartment in a posh Mumbai suburb. Each phase of their city lives reflects how women initiate change and disseminate a vision valuable to planners intent on urban and residential transformations. Ramanath urges the concerted engagement of residents in design, development, and evaluTrade Review‘Ramya Ramanath skillfully engages an incredible range of women whose experiences vividly illustrate their struggle to make homes, access livelihoods, rebuild lives and construct new identities in the aftermath of their resettlement. These voices are a powerful mode to understand the dynamics of the brutal dislocations, disruptions, and transitions that the poor experience in Mumbai.’Rahul Mehrotra, Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard University, USA‘Ramanath shows us the value to be gained when women are ‘listened’ to. Most literature on slums and relocation/rehabilitation takes particular stances on the existence of informal settlements and state intervention in them. The author adds nuance and complexity to these conventional narratives on both fronts. Above all, these narratives also expose the falsehood of the claims of participatory processes by movements, its politics and dynamics and their vulnerability to pressures of the larger political economy. This book will be a learning tool for cities around the world.’Amita Bhide, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India‘A Place to Call Home sensitively highlights the everyday rhythms of the lives, aspirations and frustrations of a diverse group of 120 women before and after their displacement from a slum in Mumbai’s famous national park to Asia’s largest urban resettlement scheme. It is a must read for anybody interested in gender, place making, urban resettlement and public policy.’Lyla Mehta, Institute of Development Studies, UK ‘There is much to learn from Ramanath’s work about the importance of relationality, behaviours, memory and materiality within place. The book is a pragmatic, cogent argument for resettlement and rehabilitation policy to give more sensitive attention to the lifeworlds of future residents. The documents of master-planners and consultants frequently contain content, based on ‘consultation’, that purports to identify what is important about a place. The power of this book is that it shows how engagement that is more open and more genuine than what consultants usually achieve generates less quantifiable and less monetisable, yet more profound and infinitely more important findings.’Housing Studies'The ethnographic methodology adopted by Ramanath yields a depth of humanity that would otherwise be lost or overlooked in the aggregate facts and figures summarizing the effectiveness of such policies and programs. Yet, it also leaves the reader with the acute awareness of the effort needed to ensure that these voices reach the ears of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working on the ground in resettlement and rehabilitation efforts in India and around the world. We are left wondering, how might the rules of newly constructed apartment buildings that enforce "benevolent segregation" accommodate the social capital lost in the resettlement process? An excellent read for those who wish to hear the voices on the ground during the resettlement process.'Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 'A Place to Call Home: Women as Agents of Change in Mumbai convincingly argues, a gendered perspective has sorely been missing from the discussion. To this end, the book makes a timely and original contribution, offering a nuanced interpretation of the role of gender in rehousing processes in rapidly urbanizing regions. However, due to the pervasiveness of the displacement phenomenon worldwide, the book could also be of great value to scholars and practitioners in the global north.'Journal of Planning Education and ResearchTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Vibrant Matter of The Past: A Woman’s Theory of Place 3. Deliberation Over Legitimate Benefactors in A Neoliberal Bazaar 4. Hazards of A New Fortune 5. Buildings and Business, Love and Forgiveness 6. The Depth of Place
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Taylor & Francis Ltd SafetyII in Practice
Book SynopsisSafety-I is defined as the freedom from unacceptable harm. The purpose of traditional safety management is therefore to find ways to ensure this freedom'. But as socio-technical systems steadily have become larger and less tractable, this has become harder to do. Resilience engineering pointed out from the very beginning that resilient performance - an organisation's ability to function as required under expected and unexpected conditions alike required more than the prevention of incidents and accidents. This developed into a new interpretation of safety (Safety-II) and consequently a new form of safety management.Safety-II changes safety management from protective safety and a focus on how things can go wrong, to productive safety and a focus on how things can and do go well. For Safety-II, the aim is not just the elimination of hazards and the prevention of failures and malfunctions but also how best to develop an organisation's potentials for resilient performanceTrade Review"A truly original world-class thinker, Hollnagel’s work should be heeded by every safety and health professional. It’s hard going at times, as he profoundly challenges the traditional ways in which we understand and manage safety. But he does offer a new vision that is potentially very valuable to practitioners. In particular, Safety II could help us to revolutionise how we view accident and incident data (and the use we make of this information) and position ourselves as risk managers, not just as safety and health specialists.This approach could also give us powerful new leverage with directors and senior leaders – by changing the agenda from how we can meet the minutiae of safety and health law to how we can best work together to ensure our organisations survive and thrive."Paul Smith MA CFIOSH, IOSH Magazine and former Health & Safety Executive inspectorTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Safety Management Anno 2016 Chapter 2: What Does ‘Resilience’ Mean? Chapter 3: The Basis For Resilient PerformanceChapter 4: The Resilience Potentials Chapter 5: RAG – The Resilience Assessment Grid Chapter 6: RAG – Towards a Model of Resilient PerformanceChapter 7: Developing Resilience Potentials Chapter 8: The Changing Face of Safety ReferencesGlossary
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Occupational Health and Safety Management
Book SynopsisReflecting changes in the current health and safety landscape, Occupational Health and Safety Management: A Practical Approach, Third Edition includes examples and tools to facilitate development and implementation of a safety and health management approach. This how-to book is not just an information providing text. It shows you how to write a program and identify hazards as well as involve workers and attain their cooperation. It emphasizes the need for better and more effective communication regarding safety and health.See What's New in the Third Edition: Chapters on workers' compensation, terrorism, and Lean safety/sustainability Additional coverage of flammable liquids and ventilation, accident reporting, and accident investigation New compliance requirements as well as expanded accident investigation, environmental, and risk analysis guidelines PowerPoint presentation slides for each chapter A complTrade Review"This 3rd Edition of Charles Reece’s Occupational Health and Safety Management is a must buy for any one seriously interested in all the issues and solutions to occupational safety and health. It is the bible of the field, keeping us all up-to-date with the challenges of maintaining health, wellbeing and safety in the workplace." —Professor Sir Cary Cooper, Lancaster University Management School, UK"… the perfect text for introducing students to the principles and practice of safety management. … straight forward and easy to read. … All of the critical issues involved in implementing occupational safety and health programs are outlined in a systematic approach designed to help safety professionals effectively manage people, technology, and the work environment to reduce injuries and protect employees."—Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University"Dr. Reese has done it again! … All of the topics included in this text are required reading. … I heartily endorse the Reese textbook for efficiently and effectively introducing new safety majors to their realm.—Dr. Richard T. Braley, Occupational Safety and Health Department, Southeastern Oklahoma State University"Dr Reese has provided a good summary of the many different topics that a student of health and safety must be familiar. The text makes each topic understandable and emphasizes the important elements. But the text is also written for a practicing health and safety manager who can use the questions provided in each chapter to quickly evaluate their own program. … A student or a practicing professional, should have this text at the top of the stack."—Bill Thomas, CIH, University of Findlay"… accurate and well researched. The material is a very good update to the previous two editions from Mr. Reese particularly the new section on terrorism. It is timely and more important, "New".—Louis K. Flores, Faculty at Edmonds/Pierce Community CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction. Management’s Commitment and involvement. Workforce Involvement. A Written Safety and Health Program. Motivating Safety and Health. Behavior Based Safety. Hazard Identification. Analyzing Hazards. Occupational Injuries. Occupational Illnesses. Ergonomics. Industrial Hygiene. Intervention, Controls and Prevention. Accident Prevention Techniques. Safety and Health Training. OSHA Compliance. OSHA Regulations. Workers Compensation. Workplace Environmental Issues. Workplace Security and Violence. Workplace Bullying. Safety Communications. Financing Safety and Health. Summary. Appendices.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Building Dynamics
Book SynopsisBuildings are increasingly dynamic': equipped with sensors, actuators and controllers, they self-adjust' in response to changes in the external and internal environments and patterns of use.Building Dynamics asks how this change manifests itself and what it means for architecture as buildings weather, programs change, envelopes adapt, interiors are reconfigured, systems replaced. Contributors including Chuck Hoberman, Robert Kronenburg, David Leatherbarrow, Kas Oosterhuis, Enric Ruiz-Geli, and many others explore the changes buildings undergo and the scale and speed at which these occur examining which changes are necessary, useful, desirable, and possible.The first book to offer a coherent, comprehensive approach to this topic, it draws together arguments previously only available in scattered form. Featuring the latest technologies and design approaches used in contemporary practice, the editors provide numerous examples of cutting-edge work from leading designers Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1. Towards Architecture of Change Branko Kolarevic 2. Making Space for Time David Leatherbarrow 3. Flexible Architecture: Continuous and Developing Robert Kronenburg 4. Devising Design: Agility, Aptness, Equilibrium, Imperfection Brian Sinclair 5. Smart Architecture, Dumb Buildings Michelle Addington 6. Adaptive, Responsive Building Skins Branko Kolarevic and Vera Parlac 7. Dynamic, Adaptive Building Envelopes Edwin B. Hathaway 8. Transformable: Building Structures That Change Themselves Chuck Hoberman 9. Beneficial Change: The Case for Responsiveness and Robotics in Architecture Tristan d'Estrée Sterk 10. Self-Assembly and Programmable Materials Skylar Tibbits 11. Bio-Robotic Architecture Michael Fox 12. Material as Mechanism in Agile Spaces Vera Parlac 13. Exploring Responsiveness in Architecture Vera Parlac 14. Diffusive Architecture: A Manifesto Philip Beesley 15. RAD: Make Alive Rodolphe el-Khoury and Carol Moukheiber 16. Architecture of Participation Usman Haque 17. Powerlines Kas Oosterhuis and Ilona Lenard 18. It is All About Particles Enric Ruiz-Geli Author Biographies Photo Credits Index
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