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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Resilience vs Pandemics

    Innovations in Public Places and Buildings

    Edited by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Maycon Sedrez, Hang Zhao, Tian Li, Tim Heath, Ayotunde Dawodu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    “Resilience vs Pandemics: Innovations in Public Places and Buildings” explores innovative solutions for architecture and public places during and after the pandemic. Additionally, the authors contribute to the documentation of architectural and social transformations that have been prompted by previous transmissible diseases, as this knowledge can inform responses to future pandemics. In this ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • COVID-19 Pandemic, Geospatial Information, and Community Resilience

    Global Applications and Lessons

    Edited by Abbas Rajabifard, Daniel Paez, Greg Foliente ...
    "The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.1201/9781003181590**, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license."**Geospatial information plays an important role in managing location dependent pandemic situations across different communities and domains. Geospatial information and ... Read more

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  • The Pandemic Effect

    Ninety Experts on Immunizing the Built Environment

    by Blaine Brownell ...
    In The Pandemic Effect, 90 leading architects, designers, materials scientists, and health officials reflect on the influence of COVID-19 on buildings and cities—and propose solutions to safeguard the built environment from future pandemics, viruses, and contagious diseases on every scale, from surfaces to society.Safety and sustainability in buildings and cities have taken on new meaning during ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Health and Well-being for Interior Architecture

    Edited by Dak Kopec ...
    Winner of the 2018 IDEC Book AwardWith fifteen essays by scholars and professionals, from fields such as policy and law, Health and Well-being for Interior Architecture asks readers to consider climate, geography, and culture alongside human biology, psychology, and sociology. Since designers play such a pivotal role in human interaction with interior and architectural design, this book sheds ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy

    Edited by Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Antonino Marvuglia, Milen Baltov, Preben Hansen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book is based on work from the COST Action “RESTORE - REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy'', and highlights how sustainability in buildings, facilities and urban governance is crucial for a future that is socially just, ecologically restorative, and economically viable, for Europe and the whole planet. In light of the search for fair solutions to the climate ... Read more

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  • Social Connection in Everyday Spaces

    by Earvin Cabalquinto, Jasmine Knox, Hannele Komu, Shannon Bennetts, Sharinne Crawford, Tiffani Howell, Fiona Giles, Kylie Burke, Marlee Bower, Caitlin Buckle, Jennifer Kent, Lily Teesson, Laura McGrath, Emily Rugel, Pildoo Sung, Nicholas Hookway, Zack Dwyer, Oksana Zaporozhets, Olga Brednikova, Nerkez Opacin, Nicholas Hill, Sarah Bekessy, Ian Seal, Jill Litt, Katherine Johnson, Simone Battiston, Damon Alexander, Tracy De Cotta, Annette Kroen, Andrew Butt, Jessica Franks, Barbara Barbosa Neves, Anthony McCosker ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.How do we hold onto friends and communities in a world that feels increasingly fragmented?This timely collection explores how social connection unfolds across personal, physical, community and digital spaces. From loneliness to belonging, the collection explores the broader social forces that shape our interactions. Packed with fresh ... Read more

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  • Creating Community Health

    Interventions for Sustainable Healthcare

    by Simon Lennane ...
    This important book explores how community-based interventions can bridge the gap between health services and the voluntary sector to create more sustainable, healthy communities.Moving beyond a technologically driven, medicalised approach to healthcare, the book shows how social prescribing can provide a direct pathway to improving community health, embracing connection and challenging inequality ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture

    Edited by Keely Menezes, Pamela de Oliveira-Smith, A. Woodworth ...
    Programming for Health and Wellbeing in Architecture presents a new approach to architectural programming that includes sustainability, neuroscience and human factors. This volume of contributions from noted architects and academics makes the case for rethinking the practices of programming and planning to incorporate evidence-based design, systems thinking and a deeper understanding of our ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Environmental Design for Health

    A Framework and Visual Guide

    Edited by Xuemei Zhu, Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, Zhipeng Lu ...
    This book provides a user-friendly guide to the impact of environmental design on individual and population health, as well as the relevant roles of social and behavioral factors. It explores how architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban planning can contribute to a healthier, more equitable, and more resilient society. Employing an evidence-based and solution-oriented ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition

    Edited by Eugenio Arbizzani, Eliana Cangelli, Carola Clemente, Fabrizio Cumo, Francesca Giofrè, Anna Maria Giovenale, Massimo Palme, Spartaco Paris ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book addresses the pressing need for sustainability in urban development and the use of technology, with cities to serve as the main stage for strategies that seek to meet the targets and the cross-sector priorities indicated in the EU’s Next Generation program, all in pursuit of a solid recovery on the part of the European economy, along lines of ecological transition, ... Read more

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  • Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Renewal in Post-Industrial Cities

    Edited by Silvia Barbero, Axel Timpe ...
    This book, based on the experiences and insights gained during the Horizon 2020 project proGIreg, offers a detailed overview of targeted nature-based solutions and their impacts on various key sustainability areas, guiding readers through the spatial analysis, co-design, and implementation processes of cities in Europe and Asia. Chapters shed light on the challenges and opportunities encountered ... Read more

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  • Creating Great Places

    Evidence-based Urban Design for Health and Wellbeing

    by Debra Flanders Cushing, Evonne Miller ...
    This book provides a bold vision and roadmap for creating great places. Imagining and designing urban environments where all people thrive is an extraordinary task, and in this compelling narrative, Cushing and Miller remind us that theory is a powerful starting point. Drawing on international research, illustrated case studies, personal experiences, as well as fascinating examples from history ... Read more

    $55.99 USD