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Taylor & Francis Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Landscapes of PostSocialist Cities
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultures of Mass Tourism Doing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities New Directions in Tourism Analysis
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Taylor & Francis Railways Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain 19482008 Transport and Mobility
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Taylor & Francis New Principles in Planning Evaluation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colonial Architecture and Urbanism in Africa Intertwined and Contested Histories Design and the Built Environment
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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 Complexity and Creative Capacity Rethinking Knowledge Transfer Adaptive Management and Wicked Environmental Problems
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Early and Unpublished Writings of Christopher
Book SynopsisThis book brings together key works of the noted architect and architectural theorist Christopher Alexander (19362022), many of which have not been published before. The book contains twenty-five essays and other works, many chosen from the newly organized Christopher Alexander archive, providing a window into the ideas and thought process of one of the most innovative architectural thinkers of the twentieth century. The items span Alexander's fifty-year career, beginning with an early version of his PhD dissertation based on fieldwork in India, continuing to fifteen years in the development of A Pattern Language, one of the best-selling books in the history of architecture, and proceeding to the writing of The Nature of Order, Alexander's four-volume masterwork, and beyond. The writings combine theory and descriptions of practice, and together support a blueprint for the development of a new, humane way of building, while also providing a window into the mind of Table of ContentsPreface, PART 1: THE LARGE AND SMALL DETAILS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, 1. Perception and modular coordination 1959, 2. Notes on the Synthesis of Form: Contents, Preface and Part One in early draft 1960, 3. The Nature of Order, Book One, section on local symmstries 2001, 4. On changing the way people see 1964, 5. From a set of forces to a form 1966, 6. Center for Environmental Structure seminar report, excerpt, 1967, 7. Early ideas for the pattern language format 1967-68, 8. Major changes in environmental form required by social and psychological demands 1969, 9. The atoms of environmental structure 1970, PART 2 : FROM THE CENTER TO THE UNIVERSE, 10. Value: a reply to Protzen 1977, 11. Centering 1977, 12. A shrine to color and light 1990, 13. OOPSLA lecture 1996, 14. Reply to William Saunders 2002, 15. Our new architecture and the many world cultures 2002, 16. Harmony-seeking computations 2005, 17. Conversation with Rem Koolhaas 2006, PART 3: THEORY INTO BUILDING, 18. The grassroots housing process 1973, 19. The growth of order from small acts 1974, 20. The architect-builder: toward changing the conception of what an architect is 1977, 21. Rebirth of the Inner City: The North Omaha Plan, excerpts 1981, 22. The construction of new neighborhoods for Guasare New Town, Venezuela, excerpts 1983, 23. Toward a personal workplace, excerpt 1987, 24. Construction management contract 1994, 25. Battle, unpublished chapter 2010, Bibliography, Illustration credits, Index
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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 Concrete Structures Subjected to Impact and Blast
Book SynopsisAlthough much research focuses on investigating the responses of reinforced concrete (RC) structures under sole impact or blast loads, the responses of RC structures under a combination of impact and blast loads currently represent a gap in our knowledge.The combined actions of impact and blast loadings may be applied to RC structures during accidental or intentional collision of vessels, vehicles, etc., carrying explosive materials. A comprehensive study on the vulnerability of various structural members is carried out using finite element (FE) simulations under combination of impact and blast loads with the variations of various loading- and structural-related parameters and key parameters.This book introduces various structural analysis approaches for concrete structures when subjected to extreme loads such as impact and blast loadings. The theory of the combinations of impact and blast loads is proposed that can provide primary insights to the specifiTable of Contents1. Introduction. 2. State-of-the-art review on concrete structures subjected to impact loads. 3. State-of-the-art review on concrete structures subjected to blast loads. 4. Nonlinear dynamic analysis of RC columns subjected to lateral impact loads. 5. Progressive damage assessment of bridge pier subjected to ship collision. 6. Simply-supported RC beams subjected to combined impact-blast loads. 7. Loading rate effect on the responses of beam subjected to combine loads. 8. RC columns subjected to the combination of impact and blast loads. 9. Bridge pier subjected to vessel impact combined with blast loads. 10. Summary.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Designing Spatial Culture
Book SynopsisDesigning Spatial Culture investigates a powerful experiential dialogue formed between the habitation of space and a diversified cultural realm. This creative proposition binds and positions human activity and experience framing its histories, currency and future. Whilst the book distinguishes between the conditions of the existing urban/ architecture/ interior canon, it embraces a new agency of space, showcasing the encounters, assemblies and designs that shape human behaviours and the cultural forms of the built environment.Using authoritative case studies, the book examines many locations and spaces, ranging from new urban landscapes, historical domestic spaces and contemporary architecture. It embraces the most lavish and flamboyant to the most simplistic and minimal, establishing a connected cultural narrative. The book shifts the focus in the spatial realm from an object-based experience (where space is filled with things) to a more complete immersive experiencTable of Contents1. Spatial Cultures – A Critical Introduction 2. Cultures, Conundrums and Encounters 3. A Spatial Probe – Investigation into Space 4. Ethnography and the human perspective (Spatial Culture Ecosystem) 5. Determining Spatial Culture: Atmosphere, Character, Enclosure, Space (Figurative Realm) 6. Explaining spatial culture: Comfort, Object, Surface, Experience (Sensory Realm) 7. Understanding Spatial Culture: Colour, Light, Taste and Place (Textual Realm) 8. Cultural placement mapping - Physical/ Digital Cultures Summary: A cultural analysis
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Taylor & Francis Ltd European Planning History in the 20th Century
Book SynopsisThe history of Europe in the 20th century is closely tied to the history of urban planning. Social and economic progress but also the brute treatment of people and nature throughout Europe were possible due to the use of urban planning and the other levels of spatial planning. Thereby, planning has constituted itself in Europe as an international subject. Since its emergence, through intense exchange but also competition, despite country differences, planning has developed as a European field of practice and scientific discipline. Planning is here much more than the addition of individual histories; however, historiography has treated this history very selective regarding geography and content.This book searches for an understanding of the historiography of planning in a European dimension. Scholars from Eastern and Western, Southern and Northern Europe address the issues of the public led production of city and the social functions of urban planning in capitalist and state-sTrade Review"Simultaneously expansive and focused, evocative and rigorous, carefully attentive to the past and cautiously prescient about the future, this thoughtful selection of essays is an invaluable testimony to the potential of Planning History as a discipline at the service of an ever-changing and increasingly complex society.Advancing along the trajectory defined by The Routledge Handbook of Planning History, this new publication is essential reading for everybody interested in the discipline."Carmen D’ez Medina, University of Zaragoza, Spain"This vibrant collection retrieves the variegated roots and functions that shaped planning in different European countries. Undoubtedly, researchers and students will draw on these studies for a long time to come."Marco Cremaschi, Professor of Urbanism Sciences Po, Paris. PrŽsident, the French association of Planning School APERAU"Bringing together international experts in the field, this volume gives powerful evidence that the history of urban planning in Europe can only be written by listening to a polyphony of voices rather than providing a monolithic image.Avoiding the traps of focusing on the grand projects of famous urban planners the authors offer a comprehensive, critical overview of the discipline of planning in the 20th century. The volume gives visibility to the planning discourse in the former socialist countries as well, long neglected by urban historians, and emphasizes the political and social underpinnings of the production of urban form. The book is an essential resource for readers interested in the tasks and perspectives of urban planning."Ákos Moravánszky, Professor Emeritus, Institut gta, ETH ZŸrich"This rich compilation of studies brings to light the multifaceted nature of European urban planning practices across the continent, from Spain to Russia, from Sweden to Italy. Ranging from carefully designed in-depth case studies to thought-provoking theoretical observations the book provides an important addition to the dynamic field of urban history understood as an intersection of power, expertise and space."Petr Roubal, Czech Academy of Sciences, PragueTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Continent of Urban Planning and Its Changing Historiography Max Welch Guerra Part 1: The Emergence of Contemporary Urban Planning 1. Historiography avant la lettre? On the Uses of History in Early Town Planning Manuals Helene Bihlmaier 2. Urban Hygiene and Slum Clearance as Catalysts: The Emergence of the Sanitary City and Town Planning Dirk Schubert 3. The Reverse of Urban Planning: First Steps for a Genealogy of Informal Urbanization in Europe Noel Manzano 4. The Beginning of the Urbanism Teaching in the Schools of Architecture of Madrid and Barcelona: From Trazado, Urbanización y Saneamiento de Poblaciones to Urbanología María Cristina García-González 5. Rethinking Urban Extension and International Influences: Spain and the International Housing and Town Planning Congresses during the 1920s María Castrillo Romón and Miguel Fernández-Maroto 6. Influences of European Urban Planning in post-war Spain: Pedro Bidagor Collection of the Historical Service Archive of the Official College of Architects of Madrid Alberto Sanz Hernando 7. Aménagement, embellissement et extension des villes: The French Law of 1919/1924 on Urban Plans Laurent Coudroy de Lille 8. Bending Interests and Blending Media in the Inter-war Modernism of Central Europe: Wohnung und Werkraum Exhibition Marcelo Sagot Better Part 2: Functions and Practices of Urban Planning under Changing Social Orders 1. Swedish Planning and Development in the 20th and 21st CenturiesAnn Maudsley 2. Bratislava under Fascist DictatorshipMartin Pekár3. French Tools for Urban Heritage Protection in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: From Groundbreaking Systematization to a General Trend toward Integration of Planning InstrumentsVíctor Pérez-Eguíluz 4. History and Heritage: The Reconstruction of Blitzed Cities Peter J. Larkham5. Planning GDR and Czechoslovakia: The Scale Question under State SocialismAzmah Arzmi 6. Transportation and Urban Planning under State Socialism: The Tramway in Medium-Sized Cities of the USSR, GDR and CSSR in the 1960s and 1970sElvira Khairullina and Luis Santos y Ganges 7. Contemporary European City-Making Process: Materialisation-Emptying-Regeneration on Large Land PropertiesFederico Camerin 8. Elective Affinities: The Recovery of Historic Seminal Ideas of European Urbanism for a Sustainable Urban Design in the Late 20th CenturyJuan Luis de las Rivas Part 3: Interpretation of the Twentieth Century Planning History 1. Is There a European Planning Tradition? Stephen V. Ward2. European Planning History in the 20th century as a Reflexive Concept Harald Bodenschatz 3. The Anarchist Strain of Planning History: Pursuing Peter Hall’s Cities of Tomorrow Thesis through the Geddes Connection, 1866–1976 José Luis Oyón and Jere Kuzmanić4. Mapping Transnational Planning History in Port City Regions – London, Rotterdam, Hamburg Carola Hein 5. A Look to Transgressive Planning Practices: Calling for Alternative Sources and ActorsAndrea Gimeno 6. Neglected Narratives of Post-war Italian Cities: Actors and Rationalities in the Shaping of the Ordinary Residential LandscapeGaia Caramellino and Nicole De Togni 7. The End of the Planned City? Urban planning after 1989 Florian Urban 8. Interpreting 20th Century European Planning History: Eight ThesesMax Welch Guerra
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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 Houses of Multiple Occupation and Selective Licensing
The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the law relating to houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 that local authorities environmental health practitioners use to regulate this sector. This book emerged from a set of course notes developed for a course on HMO property but took on a life of its own as the law has become increasingly complex. The law on HMOs is constantly evolving as its practical and actual application and effect on landlords is heavily dependent on the way it is interpreted by the Tribunals. This book also addresses the 2016 Housing and Planning Act, includes up-to-date key cases, and discusses how they interpret and develop the law. It also explores the limits and weaknesses of the law and the competing interpretations of key passages to illustrate where the current debates are and how they might be resolved. This book is aimed at a professional audience spread across the housing sector with eno
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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 Examining the COVID Crisis from a Geographical
Book SynopsisThis book presents several perspectives on the COVID-19 crisis as it impacted the United States, focusing on policies, practices, and patterns. It considers the relationship between government policies and neo-liberalism, (anti)federalism, economies of scale, and material culture.The COVID-19 crisis became the primary current event in the United States in March 2020 and continued for several years. In the early days of the crisis, the United States lacked a cohesive, comprehensive approach to combating its spread. As a result, the pandemic was experienced differently in different parts of the United States and at different scales. The chapters in this volume include both quantitative and qualitative explorations of the pandemic as it occurred in the United States. Collectively, they help the reader to better understand this geographically salient issue and provide lessons to learn from so as to improve upon responses to crises in the future.This book will be of interesTable of ContentsIntroduction: Geographical Perspectives on the COVID-19 Crisis 1. The Coronavirus Pandemic and American Neoliberalism 2. Anti-Federalist Federalism: American “Populism” and the Spatial Contradictions of U.S. Government in the Time of COVID-19 3. What are the Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in the U.S.? Early Evidence Based on the Largest 50 MSAs 4. Masks and Materiality in the Era of COVID-19 5. COVID-19 Mortality in New York City across Neighborhoods by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity Status 6. Understanding the Spatial Patchwork of Predictive Modeling of First Wave Pandemic Decisions by U.S. Governors
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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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