1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786053703321

Autore

Scott Andrew <1951->

Titolo

ReNew town : adaptive urbanism and the low carbon community / / Andrew Scott, Eran Ben-Joseph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-58030-1

1-299-14748-8

0-203-15534-3

1-136-58031-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ben-JosephEran

Disciplina

307.760952

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development - Japan

City planning - Environmental aspects - Japan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Sustainable initiatives -- Research in context -- Assumptions -- Concepts -- Tama New Town -- Initial survey : preliminary propositions -- Abstractions : typologies -- Applied prototypes -- Measuring performance : infrastructures -- Site concepts -- Low density prototypes -- Medium density prototypes -- High density prototypes -- Future directions -- Appendix: carbon calculations.

Sommario/riassunto

ReNew Town puts forth an innovative vision of performative design and planning for low-carbon sustainable development, and illustrates practicable strategies for balancing environmental systems with urban infrastructure and new housing prototypes.To date, much of the discourse on the design of sustainable communities and 'eco-cities' has been premised on using previously undeveloped land. In contrast, this book and the project it showcases focus on the retrofitting and adaptation of an existing environment - a more common problem, given the extent of the world'



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910882301303321

Autore

Grassi, Carlo <1958-    >

Titolo

Il non-sapere : Georges Bataille sociologo della conoscenza / Carlo Grassi ; prefazione di Marc Augé

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Genova, : Costa & Nolan, 1998

ISBN

88-7648-299-7

Descrizione fisica

258 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Riscontri

Disciplina

306.42

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

DAM A92.24 BATG/S 03

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia