Housing Element of the Emeryville General Plan, October 2001
Title | Housing Element of the Emeryville General Plan, October 2001 PDF eBook |
Author | Emeryville (Calif.) |
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Release | 2001 |
Genre | City planning |
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Housing Element 2001-2006 of the City of Alameda General Plan
Title | Housing Element 2001-2006 of the City of Alameda General Plan PDF eBook |
Author | Alameda (Calif.) |
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Release | 2001 |
Genre | City planning |
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The Architecture of Community
Title | The Architecture of Community PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Krier |
Publisher | Island Press |
Pages | 486 |
Release | 2009-05-08 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1610911245 |
Leon Krier is one of the best-known—and most provocative—architects and urban theoreticians in the world. Until now, however, his ideas have circulated mostly among a professional audience of architects, city planners, and academics. In The Architecture of Community, Krier has reconsidered and expanded writing from his 1998 book Architecture: Choice or Fate. Here he refines and updates his thinking on the making of sustainable, humane, and attractive villages, towns, and cities. The book includes drawings, diagrams, and photographs of his built works, which have not been widely seen until now. With three new chapters, The Architecture of Community provides a contemporary road map for designing or completing today’s fragmented communities. Illustrated throughout with Krier’s original drawings, The Architecture of Community explains his theories on classical and vernacular urbanism and architecture, while providing practical design guidelines for creating livable towns. The book contains descriptions and images of the author’s built and unbuilt projects, including the Krier House and Tower in Seaside, Florida, as well as the town of Poundbury in England. Commissioned by the Prince of Wales in 1988, Krier’s design for Poundbury in Dorset has become a reference model for ecological planning and building that can meet contemporary needs.
Education & the Environment
Title | Education & the Environment PDF eBook |
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Pages | 48 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Environmental education |
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American River Pump Station Project
Title | American River Pump Station Project PDF eBook |
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Pages | 872 |
Release | 2002 |
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Planning the Urban Forest
Title | Planning the Urban Forest PDF eBook |
Author | James Schwab |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | City planning |
ISBN | 9781932364576 |
The solution is far more complex than planting more trees, however. Urban forestry professionals and advocates must maximize green infrastructure (the natural environment) while reducing the costs of gray infrastructure (the built environment). While both are important, communities that foster green infrastructure are more livable, produce fewer pollutants, and are most cost-effective to operate.
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation
Title | Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation PDF eBook |
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Publisher | Government Printing Office |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780160926754 |
The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.