Built environment : design, management and applications / Paul S. Geller, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geller, Paul S.

Series:

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Urbanization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting an approach to transforming old squatter settlements into condominium high rises, this book looks at the problems and potentials for creating sustainable habitats in cities. It also outlines a quantitative study of the holistic thermal capacity of examples of vernacular from a wide range of locations around the world.

Contents:

""BUILT ENVIRONMENT: DESIGN, MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""BUILT ENVIRONMENT: DESIGN, MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""THE RHETORIC AND REALITY OF CULTURE-LED URBAN REGENERATION- A COMPARISON OF BEIJING AND SHANGHAI, CHINA ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. BEIJING�S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: UNDERGROUND CULTURE AND URBAN SPACE ""; ""2.1 The Rise of Underground Culture ""; ""2.2 Actors: From Yuanmingyuan Village to Beijing 798 ""; ""2.3 From Practicality to Heritage Conservation with a BoBo Style ""

""3. SHANGHAI�S CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: COMMERCE, COSMOPOLITAN AND URBAN SPACE """"3.1 A Review of Culture and Derivatives in Shanghai ""; ""3.2 The Story of Shanghai: From Suzhou Creek to Red Town ""; ""4. THE LATER DEVELOPMENT ""; ""4.1 Exploring the Strategy Towards a New Economy ""; ""4.2 Social Divide and Gentrification ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""RURAL GENTRIFICATION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: EXPLORING THE CONNECTIONS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONCEPT OF GENTRIFICATION: LESSONS FROM URBAN STUDIES ""; ""NEW-BUILD AND RURALITY ""

""RURAL GENTRIFICATION AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT: GOING BEYOND BUILDING PERSPECTIVES """"CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE MATHEMATICS OF STYLE IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: A COMPUTATIONAL, FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF FORMAL COMPLEXITY IN FIFTEEN DOMESTIC DESIGNS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""FRACTAL GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE ""; ""THE FRACTAL ANALYSIS METHOD ""; ""FIFTEEN HOUSES, THREE STYLISTIC PERIODS ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE USE OF THE 3D LASER SCANNER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ""

""1. INTRODUCTION """"2. THE 3D LASER SCANNER TECHNOLOGY ""; ""2.1 Concept and Definitions ""; ""2.1.1 Point clouds ""; ""2.1.2 Overview and detail scans ""; ""2.1.3.Overlapping Scans ""; ""2.1.4 Data voids ""; ""2.1.5 Survey control, co-ordinate systems and registration ""; ""2.1.6 Intensity / colour information and additional data ""; ""2.1.7 Weather ""; ""2.1.8 Data format ""; ""3. THE MAIN BARRIERS AND THE LIMITATIONS IN THE REAL WORLD DATA MODELLING ""; ""4. THE POST-PROCESSING THE SCAN DATA ""; ""4.1. 3D Point Cloud Data, Scan Registration and 3D Mesh Modeling ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-927-8

OCLC:

923657531