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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798012303321

Titolo

Towards a sustainable built environment in Malaysia / / editors, Mahyuddin Ramli, Hugh Byrd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pulau Pinang : , : Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

983-861-693-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) : illustrastions

Collana

Academic imprint series / Penerbit USM

Disciplina

339.3595

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Malaysia

Urbanization - Environmental aspects - Malaysia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Energy, climate change, and the built environment, Malaysia / Hugh Byrd -- Landscape architecture and the issue of sustainability in the built environment / Jamel Ariffin -- Recycling scrap tyres into engineering and construction materials / Abd. Naser Abd. Ghani -- Sustainability in the practice of historic building conservation / A. Ghafar Ahmad -- Ferrocement technology for sustainable engineering construction / Mahyuddin Ramli -- Sustainable construction, issues in the Malaysian construction industry / Nazirah Zainul Abidin -- Planning for sustainable housing development / Abdul Ghani Salleh -- Planning for a sustainable retail environment in Malaysia / Nurwati Badarulzaman -- Future design in an energy efficient building as an identity of a Malaysian tropical architecture / Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman -- Sustainable design, learning from the traditional Malay architecture / Zulkifli Hanafi -- Sustainability in tourism, ecotourism development issues in Malaysia / Ahmad Puad Mat Som.