This book analyzes and summarizes existing research on how urban open space are actually used.
"Death is at once a universal and everyday, but also an extraordinary experience in the lives of those affected. Death and bereavement are thereby intensified at (and frequently contained within) certain sites and regulated spaces, such as the hospital, the cemetery and the mort…
In this book Christopher Day explains the key principles of eco-home design, using common-sense methods to create a pleasant, comfortable and healthy home.
Tje American landscape makes sense from the air. This is not so true for elusive European landscapes, which level with the observer more slowly, only as we enter into them. European visitors to Northern America recorded a common experience that becomes increasingly apparent as o…
Although modern wastewater treatment plants are able to treat such pollution their techniques are not applicable to small municipalities, and especially not to private houses. Through precise analysis of thirty examples of wastewater treatment plants located in different Europea…
'Public Places, Urban Spaces' provides a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, this edition has been updated with relevant examples to show students how principles have been pu…
'Public Places Urban Spaces' provides a thorough introduction to the principles of urban design theory and practice. Authored by experts in the fields of urban design and planning, this edition has been updated with relevant examples to show students how principles have been put…
"We don't sell gardens--we sell images of gardens." This observation on the part of a landscape architect makes it clear just how important it is that a design be effectively communicated to the community, clients, and the public. Drawings, models, simulations, and films communi…
This book seeks to contribute to theoretical advances, analytical approaches and applied studies in the broader inter-disciplinary field of contemporary landscape transformation research. The purpose of the book is to tie together various perspectives, insights and construction…
Comprehensive design guidance on urban layout to ensure good access to solar gain, daylighting and passive cooling. It enables designers to produce comfortable, energy-efficient buildings surrounded by pleasant outdoor spaces in an urban context.
Addressing the ways in which our modern, sedentary lifestyles affect our health, this book addresses both innovative new methods for measuring the relationships between health and environment and proposes future research directions.
