1.

Record Nr.

UNIPARTHENOPE000024548

Autore

Tribe, John

Titolo

The economics of leisure and tourism / John Tribe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995

Titolo uniforme

The economics of leisure and tourism

ISBN

075062342X

Descrizione fisica

289 p. ; 25 cm

Collocazione

637/6

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143280903321

Titolo

Buildings, culture and environment [[electronic resource] ] : informing local and global practices / / edited by Raymond J. Cole & Richard Lorch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-280-19941-5

9786610199419

0-470-75881-3

0-470-75906-2

1-4051-2838-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ColeRaymond <1948->

LorchRichard

Disciplina

720

Soggetti

Construction industry - Appropriate technology

Architecture and society

Sustainable architecture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Knowledge, Values and Building Design; Section I: Understanding Context; 2 Section introduction Understanding Context; 3 Globalisation - Entangled Places, Interface Buildings, Generic Design; 4 Trading Places - Sharing Knowledge about Environmental Building Techniques; 5 Green Buildings - Reconciling Technological Change and Occupant Expectations; 6 Cultural Issues for a Sustainable Built Environment; 7 Section commentary; Section II: Understanding Expectations; 8 Section introduction

9 The Role of the Client in Shaping the Satisfactory Outcome of the Construction Process10 User Needs and Expectations; 11 Historical and Cultural Influences on Comfort Expectations; 12 BEQUEST - an International Cross-cultural Cooperation and Information Exchange; 13 Section commentary Reconciling Expectations; Section III: Understanding Process; 14 Section introduction Understanding Process; 15 Technology Transfer - a Vernacular View; 16 Social and Organisational Understanding of Stakeholder Interests; 17 Contemporary Chinese Architectural and Planning Practice - Aspirations and Challenges

18 A Bio-regional Approach to Environmental Building - a Case Study of the KST House19 Cultural Aspects of Environmental Housing in Japan; 20 Section commentary Understanding Delivery Processes; Section IV: Afterword; 21 Afterword: Towards a New Social Contract?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

TThe book focuses on key issues for present and future practice and research needs related to advancing the environmental performance of buildings and addresses the role regional culture plays in the successful (or otherwise) process of exchanging and adapting environmental practices and standards in the built environment.