Strategies for Human Settlements : Habitat and Environment /
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2021]
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Colección: | East-West Center Books
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. Achieving More Than Peaceful Coexistence: Synthesis of Settlement Systems and Natural Systems
- Preparing for a Small Town World
- Rethinking a Framework for Settlement Planning
- National Planning for Human Settlements
- The Value of Community Self-Help
- Part II. Producing Food, Water, and Energy for Settlements
- Introduction
- Recycling in Human Settlements
- Integrated Farming System and Settlement Plan for Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea
- Growing Seafood on Shore
- Simple Water Technologies
- Controlled Irrigation
- Solar Energy for Dwellings
- Part III. Shelter and Movement
- Introduction
- Using Local Resources
- Appropriate Building Systems
- Using Intermediate Technologies
- Low-Cost Housing Technology: Problems, Issues, and a Proposed Solution
- Innovative Building Technology in Developed and Developing Countries
- Innovative Building Technologies: Productivity
- Innovative Building Technologies: The Dome
- Innovative Building Technologies: Water-Free Waste Disposal
- Innovative Transport Technologies: The Vertebrate Train
- Innovative Transport Technologies: The Airship
- The Contributors