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UNINA9911009154203321 |
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Titolo |
Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century / / Keith Baker, Jenna Gibbs |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] |
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©2016 |
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9781442630260 |
1442630264 |
9781442630253 |
1442630256 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Collana |
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UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series |
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Vitalism |
Science - History - 18th century |
Enlightenment |
Libros electronicos. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Part One : History as a Life Form. 1. Johann Christoph Gatterer and history as science / Martin Gierl -- 2. An Epicurean democracy in language : the volte face in Johann David Michaelis's early career / Avi Lifschitz -- 3. Reill's Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment and German Naturphilosophie / John Zammito -- Part Two : Vitalism in Political and Cultural Translation -- 4. "That infinite variety of human forms" : modern identity and portraiture in Enlightenment England / Frederic Ogee -- 5. Was Marat a vitalist? / Keith Michael Baker -- 6. The vital organism in the thought of Humboldt and Mill / Kris Pangburn -- Part Three : Esotericism and the Enlightenment. 7. Constructs of life forms in Lavater's Physiognomy / Annette Graczyk -- 8. The preaching philosopher : Andreas Weber (1718-81) between Wolffian philosophy and heterodox theology / Renko Geffarth -- 9. Between myth and archive, alchemy and science in eighteenth-century Naples : The cabinet of Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of San Severo / Clorinda Donato -- 10. The liberal mysticism of Madame de Staël / Helena Rosenblatt. |
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"For many years, scholars have been moving away from the idea of a singular, secular, rationalistic, and mechanistic "Enlightenment project." Historian Peter Reill has been one of those at the forefront of this development, demonstrating the need for a broader and more varied understanding of eighteenth-century conceptions of nature. Life Forms in the Thinking of the Long Eighteenth Century is a unique reappraisal of Enlightenment thought on nature, biology, and the organic world that responds to Reill's work. The ten essays included in the collection analyse the place of historicism, vitalism, and esotericism in the eighteenth century--three strands of thought rarely connected, but all of which are central to Reill's innovative work. Working across national and regional boundaries, they engage not only French and English but also Italian, Swiss, and German writers."-- |
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UNINA9910972037503321 |
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Designing high-density cities for social and environmental sustainability / / edited by Edward Ng |
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London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2010 |
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1-136-54600-6 |
1-136-54601-4 |
1-282-50605-6 |
9786612506055 |
1-84977-444-7 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 p.) |
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307.1/216 |
307.1216 |
711.42 |
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City planning - Environmental aspects |
Sustainable urban development |
Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Designing High-Density Cities; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Contributors; Foreword by Sir David Akers Jones; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: An Understanding of High Density; 1. Understanding Density and High Density: Vicky Cheng; Physical density; Building density and urban morphology; Perceived density; High density; Conclusions; 2. Is the High-Density City the Only Option?: Brenda Vale and Robert Vale; The post-oil scenario; The food equation; Wastes and fertility; Low density or high density?; Conclusions |
3. The Sustainability of High Density: Susan RoafPopulation and the people problem; Resource depletion; Pollution; Conclusions: Avoid the Ozymandias syndrome; 4. Density and Urban Sustainability: An Exploration of Critical Issues: Chye Kiang Heng and Lai Choo Malone-Lee; Sustainability and planning; Historical review; Density and sustainability; Conclusions; Part II: Climate and High-Density Design; 5. Climate Changes Brought About by Urban Living: Chiu-Ying Lam; Temperature; On climate changes brought about by urban living; Wind; State of the sky; Evaporation; Thinking about people |
6. Urbanization and City Climate: A Diurnal and Seasonal Perspective: Wing-Mo Leung and Tsz-Cheung LeeUrban heat island (UHI) intensity; Diurnal variation of UHI intensity; Seasonal variation of UHI intensity; Favourable conditions for high UHI intensity; Conclusions; 7. Urban Climate in Dense Cities: Lutz Katzschner; Introduction; Problems; Urban climatic maps; Urban climate and planning; Part III: Environmental Aspects of High-Density Design; 8. Thermal Comfort Issues and Implications in High-Density Cities: Baruch Givoni; Thermal comfort; Recent research on comfort |
Conclusions: Implications for building design and urban planning9. Urban Environment Diversity and Human Comfort: Koen Steemers and Marylis Ramos; Introduction; Background; Monitoring outdoor comfort; Conclusions; 10. Designing for Urban Ventilation: Edward Ng; Introduction; Urban ventilation in high-density cities; Wind velocity ratio for urban ventilation; Building and city morphology for urban ventilation; Case study: Hong Kong; Design guidelines; Conclusions; 11. Natural Ventilation in High-Density Cities: Francis Allard, Christian Ghiaus and Agota Szucs; Introduction; Role of ventilation |
Cooling potential by ventilation in a dense urban environmentNatural ventilation strategies in a dense urban environment; 12. Sound Environment: High- versus Low-Density Cities: Jian Kang; Sound distribution; Sound perception; Noise reduction; 13. Designing for Daylighting: Edward Ng; Introduction; Context; Graphical tools for design; The need for daylight; Towards high density; A tool for high density; The way forward; Conclusions; 14. Designing for Waste Minimization in High-Density Cities: Chi-Sun Poon and Lara Jaillon; Introduction: Waste management and waste minimization |
Designing for waste minimization |
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Compact living is sustainable living. High-density cities can support closer amenities, encourage reduced trip lengths and the use of public transport and therefore reduce transport energy costs and carbon emissions. High-density planning also helps to control the spread of urban suburbs into open lands, improves efficiency in urban infrastructure and services, and results in environmental improvements that support higher quality of life in cities. Encouraging, even requiring, higher density urban development is a major policy and a central principle of growth management programmes u |
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