High-Rise Living in Asian Cities

This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of high-rise. Much less is written a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Yuen, Belinda (Editor ), Yeh, Anthony G.O (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Temas:
Human geography.
Geography.
Quality of life.
Sociology.
Architecture.
Geotechnical engineering.
Human Geography.
Quality of Life Research.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Tall Building Living in Asian Cities
  • 2. Tall Building Living in High Density Cities: A Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore
  • 3. Planning and Design of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 4. Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of Hong Kong
  • 5. Planning and Design of Environmentally Sustainable High-rises
  • 6. Garden and Ecology in the Sky
  • 7. Legislation and Safety of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 8. The Value of Clean Air in High-Density Urban Areas
  • 9. Liveability of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 10. Community Development in Tall Residential Buildings
  • 11. In the March of High-rise
  • Appendix - CD-ROM included inside back cover The State of Urban High-rise Research: An Annotated Bibliography
  • Index.

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