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Building resilient urban communities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy
| Building resilient urban communities [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy R. Krishnamurthy |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.346 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
JoerinJonas
ShawRajib KrishnamurthyRamasamy R |
| Collana | Community, environment and disaster risk management |
| Soggetto topico |
Social Science - Disasters & Disaster Relief
Science - Environmental Science Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection Natural disasters Social impact of environmental issues Management of land & natural resources Sustainable urban development Community development, Urban - Environmental aspects City planning - Environmental aspects Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-78350-906-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Climate disaster risk in urban areas in Asia / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- The concept of resilience to disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Resilience in the context of urban disaster risk reduction in India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Development and application of a climate disaster resilience index in Chennai and other Indian cities / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Perceptions of community leaders about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Perceptions of households about enhancing the climate disaster resilience of communities in Chennai, India / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy -- Making Chennai resilient to climate-related disasters / Jonas Joerin, Rajib Shaw, Ramasamy Krishnamurthy. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787963903321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Countryside Planning : New Approaches to Management and Conservation
| Countryside Planning : New Approaches to Management and Conservation |
| Autore | Bishop Kevin <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 278 p. : ill., col. maps |
| Disciplina | 307.1/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
600-00-0027-8
1-84977-091-3 1-136-56868-9 9786610204038 1-280-20403-6 1-136-56869-7 1-85383-849-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Countryside Planning New Approaches to Management and Conservation -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Then and Now: Planning for Countryside Conservation -- Introduction -- Defining countryside conservation and planning -- Then: a lasting legacy -- Now: a new era? -- An outline -- PART 1: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT FOR COUNTRYSIDE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 2 From Sandy to Rio: The Development of Biodiversity Action Planning -- The road to Rio -- The road from Rio -- Re-framing the agenda -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3 European Frameworks for Nature Conservation: The Case of the Birds and Habitats Directives -- The birds and habitats directives -- Delivery mechanisms -- Impact on the British planning system and wider countryside policy frameworks -- The changing context -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Our Landscape from a Wider Perspective -- Landscape -- an elusive concept for international policy -- Cultural landscapes and the world heritage convention -- Protected landscapes -- European landscape convention -- Recent developments in the European Union -- The implications for the UK -- Chapter 5 Policy Context for Community Involvement in Countryside Planning -- Global and European drivers towards sustainable development, human rights and environmental policy -- The UK response -- Conclusions -- PART 2: NEW CONCEPTS AND TOOLS -- Chapter 6 The Natural Area Experience -- New solutions to old problems -- New needs and drivers -- Developing the framework -- Natural areas in practice -- Where next? -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7 The Assessment of Countryside and Landscape Character in England: An Overview -- The evolution of countryside and landscape character assessment -- Making judgements based on countryside and landscape character.
Practical applications of landscape character assessment -- Current and future issues -- Chapter 8 Policies and Priorities for Ireland's Landscapes -- The heritage council -- The first steps -- The pilot landscape characterization -- County Clare -- The next steps -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9 Development and Application of Landscape Assessment Guidelines in Ireland: Case Studies using Forestry and Wind Farm Developments -- Irish landscape assessment guidelines -- Case study 1: landscape assessment in the planning and design of forestry -- Case study 2: landscape assessment in the planning and design of wind farms -- Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Historic Landscape Characterization -- Background -- Historic landscape characterization -- The application of HLC -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11 Connecting the Pieces: Scotland's Integrated Approach to the Natural Heritage -- The overall philosophy -- Basic structure of approach -- What are the benefits -- actual and expected? -- Conclusions -- Chapter 12 LANDMAP: A Tool to Aid Sustainable Development -- Organizational change -- How the method was developed -- The LANDMAP method -- Where next -- towards sustainability? -- PART 3: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE -- Chapter 13 Applications of Landscape Character Assessment -- Range of applications -- Character assessment and planning -- Character assessment and land management -- Character assessment and other strategic initiatives -- Towards good practice -- Chapter 14 The Link Between Landscape, Biodiversity and Development Plans: A Move Towards 'Positive Planning'? -- The policy context for positive planning -- Research method -- Development of Regulation 37 policies -- Policies promoting/enhancing biodiversity -- Implementing positive planning policies -- Conclusions -- Chapter 15 A New Way of Valuing Land in the Countryside: Are We Lost Without a Map?. Links to the statutory land use planning system -- Effectiveness of the new approaches -- Community involvement -- Conclusions -- Chapter 16 Community Involvement in Countryside Planning in Practice -- Frameworks for analysing levels of community involvement -- Examples of community involvement in countryside planning -- Overall strands and themes -- Conclusions -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450229903321 |
Bishop Kevin <1966->
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| New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Countryside Planning : New Approaches to Management and Conservation
| Countryside Planning : New Approaches to Management and Conservation |
| Autore | Bishop Kevin <1966-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 278 p. : ill., col. maps |
| Disciplina | 307.1/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Regional planning
Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
600-00-0027-8
1-84977-091-3 1-136-56868-9 9786610204038 1-280-20403-6 1-136-56869-7 1-85383-849-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Countryside Planning New Approaches to Management and Conservation -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Then and Now: Planning for Countryside Conservation -- Introduction -- Defining countryside conservation and planning -- Then: a lasting legacy -- Now: a new era? -- An outline -- PART 1: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT FOR COUNTRYSIDE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT -- Chapter 2 From Sandy to Rio: The Development of Biodiversity Action Planning -- The road to Rio -- The road from Rio -- Re-framing the agenda -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3 European Frameworks for Nature Conservation: The Case of the Birds and Habitats Directives -- The birds and habitats directives -- Delivery mechanisms -- Impact on the British planning system and wider countryside policy frameworks -- The changing context -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Our Landscape from a Wider Perspective -- Landscape -- an elusive concept for international policy -- Cultural landscapes and the world heritage convention -- Protected landscapes -- European landscape convention -- Recent developments in the European Union -- The implications for the UK -- Chapter 5 Policy Context for Community Involvement in Countryside Planning -- Global and European drivers towards sustainable development, human rights and environmental policy -- The UK response -- Conclusions -- PART 2: NEW CONCEPTS AND TOOLS -- Chapter 6 The Natural Area Experience -- New solutions to old problems -- New needs and drivers -- Developing the framework -- Natural areas in practice -- Where next? -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7 The Assessment of Countryside and Landscape Character in England: An Overview -- The evolution of countryside and landscape character assessment -- Making judgements based on countryside and landscape character.
Practical applications of landscape character assessment -- Current and future issues -- Chapter 8 Policies and Priorities for Ireland's Landscapes -- The heritage council -- The first steps -- The pilot landscape characterization -- County Clare -- The next steps -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9 Development and Application of Landscape Assessment Guidelines in Ireland: Case Studies using Forestry and Wind Farm Developments -- Irish landscape assessment guidelines -- Case study 1: landscape assessment in the planning and design of forestry -- Case study 2: landscape assessment in the planning and design of wind farms -- Conclusions -- Chapter 10 Historic Landscape Characterization -- Background -- Historic landscape characterization -- The application of HLC -- Conclusions -- Chapter 11 Connecting the Pieces: Scotland's Integrated Approach to the Natural Heritage -- The overall philosophy -- Basic structure of approach -- What are the benefits -- actual and expected? -- Conclusions -- Chapter 12 LANDMAP: A Tool to Aid Sustainable Development -- Organizational change -- How the method was developed -- The LANDMAP method -- Where next -- towards sustainability? -- PART 3: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE -- Chapter 13 Applications of Landscape Character Assessment -- Range of applications -- Character assessment and planning -- Character assessment and land management -- Character assessment and other strategic initiatives -- Towards good practice -- Chapter 14 The Link Between Landscape, Biodiversity and Development Plans: A Move Towards 'Positive Planning'? -- The policy context for positive planning -- Research method -- Development of Regulation 37 policies -- Policies promoting/enhancing biodiversity -- Implementing positive planning policies -- Conclusions -- Chapter 15 A New Way of Valuing Land in the Countryside: Are We Lost Without a Map?. Links to the statutory land use planning system -- Effectiveness of the new approaches -- Community involvement -- Conclusions -- Chapter 16 Community Involvement in Countryside Planning in Practice -- Frameworks for analysing levels of community involvement -- Examples of community involvement in countryside planning -- Overall strands and themes -- Conclusions -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783587303321 |
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Bishop Kevin <1966->
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| New York, : Routledge, Jan. 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecological landscape design and planning : the Mediterranean context / / Jala Makhzoumi and Gloria Pungetti
| Ecological landscape design and planning : the Mediterranean context / / Jala Makhzoumi and Gloria Pungetti |
| Autore | Makhzoumi Jala <1949-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : E & FN Spon, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 712 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PungettiGloria |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecological landscape design
Ecological landscape design - Mediterranean Region Regional planning - Environmental aspects Regional planning - Environmental aspects - Mediterranean Region Land use - Planning - Environmental aspects Land use - Planning - Environmental aspects - Mediterranean Region |
| ISBN |
1-135-80921-6
1-138-14170-4 1-135-80922-4 1-280-06695-4 9786610066957 0-203-22325-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword by Jay Appleton; Preface; Acknowledgements; Identifying landscape, ecology and landscape ecology; The Mediterranean context; Introduction to Part Two; A holistic approach to landscape research in the Mediterranean; The cultural aspect of landscape; The analytical aspect of landscape; The political and interventional aspects of landscape; Procedures in landscape planning; Methodology for ecological landscape history, assessment and planning in the Mediterranean; Case studies: landscape development in Sardinia at regional and local level
The interaction of ecology, environment and landscape Ecology and the environmental design professions; Developing the ecological landscape design paradigm; Ecological Landscape Associations: a case study in Cyprus; Ecological landscape design: regional application; Ecological landscape design: local application; Towards ecological landscape design and planning in the Mediterranean; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910222225303321 |
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Makhzoumi Jala <1949->
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| London ; ; New York, : E & FN Spon, 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flood-prone areas and land-use planning : selected examples from the San Francisco Bay region, California / / by A. O. Waananen [and four others]
| Flood-prone areas and land-use planning : selected examples from the San Francisco Bay region, California / / by A. O. Waananen [and four others] |
| Autore | Waananen Arvi O. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1977 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 75 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Collana | Geological Survey professional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Floodplain ecology - California - San Francisco Bay Area
Flood control - California - San Francisco Bay Area Flood damage prevention - California - San Francisco Bay Area Land use - California - San Francisco Bay Area Regional planning - Environmental aspects - California - San Francisco Bay Area Flood control Flood damage prevention Floodplain ecology Land use Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Floods and the flood plain / A.O. Waananen -- Delineation of flood plains / J.T. Limerinos -- Flood-loss prevention and reduction measures / W.J. Kockelman -- Planning for flood-loss reduction / W.E. Spangle and M.L. Blair -- Governmental organization for flood-loss reduction in the San Francisco Bay region / M.L. Blair and W.E. Spangle -- Planning for flood-loss reduction in the Napa Valley / M.L. Blair. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Flood-prone areas and land-use planning |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910709696203321 |
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Waananen Arvi O.
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| Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1977 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz
| Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz |
| Autore | Steinitz Carl |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
| Disciplina | 720.47 |
| Soggetto topico |
Design - Environmental aspects
Regional planning - Environmental aspects Landscape design - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-58948-380-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458471503321 |
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Steinitz Carl
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| Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz
| Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz |
| Autore | Steinitz Carl |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 720.47 |
| Soggetto topico |
Design - Environmental aspects
Regional planning - Environmental aspects Landscape design - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-58948-380-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791158703321 |
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Steinitz Carl
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| Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz
| Geodiseño : métodos de Planificación Integral del Territorio / / Carl Steinitz |
| Autore | Steinitz Carl |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 720.47 |
| Soggetto topico |
Design - Environmental aspects
Regional planning - Environmental aspects Landscape design - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN | 1-58948-380-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824890603321 |
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Steinitz Carl
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| Redlands, California : , : Esri, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Landscape : pattern, perception and process / / Simon Bell
| Landscape : pattern, perception and process / / Simon Bell |
| Autore | Bell Simon <1957 May 24-, > |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : col. ill |
| Disciplina | 712/.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecological landscape design
Landscape assessment Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-12008-6
1-283-86224-7 1-136-31891-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction 1. What Are Patterns? 2. The Perception of Patterns 3. The Aesthetics of the Landscape 4. Design for Landscapes 5. Climate Patterns and Processes 6. Landform Patterns and Processes 7. Ecosystem Patterns and Processes 8. Cultural Patterns and Processes 9. Design for Landscapes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462935803321 |
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Bell Simon <1957 May 24-, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Landscape : pattern, perception and process / / Simon Bell
| Landscape : pattern, perception and process / / Simon Bell |
| Autore | Bell Simon <1957 May 24-, > |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p. ) : col. ill |
| Disciplina | 712/.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Ecological landscape design
Landscape assessment Regional planning - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
1-136-31890-9
0-203-12008-6 1-283-86224-7 1-136-31891-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction 1. What Are Patterns? 2. The Perception of Patterns 3. The Aesthetics of the Landscape 4. Design for Landscapes 5. Climate Patterns and Processes 6. Landform Patterns and Processes 7. Ecosystem Patterns and Processes 8. Cultural Patterns and Processes 9. Design for Landscapes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786591703321 |
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Bell Simon <1957 May 24-, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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