1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454648303321

Autore

Santen Christa van

Titolo

Light zone city : light planning in the urban context / / Christa van Santen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhàˆuser, , 2006

ISBN

1-281-96002-0

9786611960025

3-7643-7829-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Classificazione

ZH 9355

Disciplina

711.6

Soggetti

Light in architecture

Lighting, Architectural and decorative

Architectural design

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- The City as an Outside Interior -- Beautification of the City -- Public Lighting -- Designing with Light -- The Illumination of Buildings -- Case Studies -- Light Pollution -- Maintenance

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the author embodies her many years of experience as a practitioner and teacher of lighting design. She articulates basic planning rules for the outdoor lighting of buildings, traffic routes, and squares, and presents and elucidates new artificial lighting systems and outdoor lamps with the help of examples.

The face of the nocturnal metropolis is marked decisively by light, and the number and variety of the light sources is increasing to the point of "light terror." A well-lit urban space can be very inviting, giving residents and visitors a sense of well-being and security. A successful lighting design can also give the city at night an identity of its own and accentuate architectural qualities. In this book, the author embodies her many years of experience as a practitioner and teacher of lighting design. In preparation, she visited ten European cities - including Paris, Brussels, Berlin, London, Budapest, Vienna, and Amsterdam - with different urban situations. This has enabled her to present different



planning and design tasks systematically and to illustrate specific solutions. In addition to articulating basic planning rules for the outdoor lighting of buildings, traffic routes, and squares, she presents and elucidates new artificial lighting systems and outdoor lamps with the help of examples.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910829823003321

Autore

Wheeler Ward

Titolo

Systematics : a course of lectures / / Ward C. Wheeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester [England] ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

1-118-30111-0

1-280-58744-X

9786613617279

1-118-30109-9

1-118-30108-0

1-118-30110-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Disciplina

570

578.012

Soggetti

Biology

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

pt. 1. Fundamentals -- pt. 2. Homology -- pt. 3. Optimality criteria -- pt. 4. Trees -- pt. 5. Applications.

Sommario/riassunto

Systematics: A Course of Lectures is designed for use in an advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level course in systematics and is meant to present core systematic concepts and literature. The book covers topics such as the history of systematic thinking and fundamental concepts in the field including species concepts, homology, and hypothesis testing. Analytical methods are covered in detail with chapters devoted to sequence alignment, optimality criteria, and methods such as distance, parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian approaches. Trees and tree searching, consensu