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Social Sustainability in Urban Areas: Communities, Connectivity and the Urban Fabric

by Karen Lucas, Tony Lloyd Lloyd Jones & Judith Allen

This groundbreaking new volume on social sustainability offers both critique and creative solutions. It challenges the conventional wisdoms of social sustainability and presents practical examples of projects...


The Placemaker's Guide to Building Community

by Nabeel Hamdi

From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order...


Energy 2050: Making the Transition to a Secure Low-Carbon Energy System

by Paul Ekins, Jim Skea & Mark Winskel

The United Kingdom is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, a target that will only be achieved by transforming the way that energy is supplied and used. At the same time...


The Pellet Handbook: The Production and Thermal Utilization of Biomass Pellets

by Gerold Thek & Ingwald Obernberger

Biomass pellets are a suitable fuel type for a wide range of applications, from stoves and central heating systems up to large-scale plants, and with practically complete automation in all these capacities....


Construction in the Landscape: A Handbook for Civil Engineering to Conserve Global Land Resources

by Carpenter T. Carpenter T.G.

Construction in the Landscape describes the impact of construction on the land and landscape where it takes place. Geographical coverage is necessarily global to reflect the great variation both in people?s...


Urban Microclimate: Designing the Spaces Between Buildings

by Evyatar Erell, David Pearlmutter & Terence Williamson

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context. Climatically responsive urban design is vital...


Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization

by Peter J J Taylor, Pengfei Ni & Ben Derudder

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities. It is based upon a large-scale customised data collection on how leading businesses use cities across...


Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payment

by Fabrice DeClerk, Jean Francois Francois Le Le Coq & Bruno Rapidel

Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide, but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment, such as soil conservation, water quality and biodiversity...


Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security: Stakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

by Christine Frison, Francisco Lopez & Jose Esquinas-Alcazar

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture...


Renewable Energy for Residential Heating and Cooling: Policy Handbook

by International Energy Authority Renewable

Heating and cooling represent significant energy loads around the world, with the associated high level of carbon emissions. Many countries have commitments in place to derive an increasing proportion of the...


Dynamics and Diversity: Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa

by Ian Scoones

Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility...


Fisheries Subsidies, Sustainable Development and the WTO

by Anja von von Moltke

The fisheries sector is in crisis. Inappropriate subsidies to the fishing industry are a key factor responsible for worldwide fisheries depletion, overcapitalization and ecosystem degradation. There is an urgent...


A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design

by Vivienne Brophy & J Owen Owen Lewis

2000 years ago the roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote the ten books on architecture establishing the concept of the pattern book offering design principles and solutions that is still referred to...


Energy: Management, Supply and Conservation

by Clive Beggs

Energy - its source, security, price, and the efficiency of its use, are increasingly important issues for a diverse range of people.

'Energy: Management, Supply and Conservation' is a comprehensive text dealing...


Introduction to AutoCAD 2010

by Alf Yarwood

Alf Yarwood provides a practical, structured course of work matched to the latest release of AutoCAD. After introducing first principles and the creation of 2D technical drawings, he goes on to demonstrate the...


Landscape Architect's Pocket Book

by Siobhan Vernon, Nicola Garmory & Rachel Tennant

An indispensable tool for all landscape architects, this time-saving guide answers the most frequently asked questions in one pocket-sized volume. It is a concise, easy-to-read reference that gives instant access...


16th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations: Inspection, Testing & Certification

by Brian Scaddan

Brian Scaddan's guides to the IEE Wiring Regulations have established themselves as an industry standard. This new edition will be an essential reference for all contractors, technicians and other professionals...


Advanced Automotive Fault Diagnosis

by Tom Denton

Diagnostics, or fault finding, is a fundamental part of an automotive technician's work, and as automotive systems become increasingly complex there is a greater need for good diagnostic skills. Advanced Automotive...


An Architect's Guide to Fame

by Paul Davies & Torsten Schmiedeknecht

This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous.

In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday...


Architect's Drawings

by Kendra Schank Schank Smith

The sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative designers, architects are interested in how other architects, particularly successful ones, think through the use of drawings to approach their work....