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Vernacular buildings : a global survey /
The face of the world is changing and nowhere is this more evident than with vernacular buildings. They disappear or are extensively changed for a variety of reasons, from natural causes such as fire, storm and earthquake, to a wide variety ofcultural causes including obsolescence and changes in fas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2014.
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| Colección: | International library of human geography ;
20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Author Bio; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; ~ 1 ~ Introduction; ~ 2 ~ Function and Form, I; ~ 3 ~ Function and Form, II; ~ 4 ~ Floor Plans; ~ 5 ~ Dwelling Sizes, Space Organization and Elevation; ~ 6 ~ Site and Location; ~ 7 ~ Orientation; ~ 8 ~ Building Materials and Construction Methods: Mud, Sod, Turf, Tabby; ~ 9 ~ Building Materials and Construction Methods: Brick, Stone, Snow; ~ 10 ~ Building Materials and Construction Methods: Vegetative Materials, I; ~ 11 ~ Building Materials and Construction Methods: Vegetative Materials, II.
- ~ 12 ~ Above-ground Structures~ 13 ~ Excavated Structures; ~ 14 ~ Roof Coverings and Dung Floors; ~ 15 ~ Roof Coverings of Stone, Tile and Brick; ~ 16 ~ The Effects of Climate and Seasonal Change; ~ 17 ~ Threats: Man-made; ~ 18 ~ Threats: Fire, Wind, Earthquake and Other Natural Hazards; ~ 19 ~ Openings: Doors; ~ 20 ~ Openings: Windows; ~ 21 ~ Seasonal Temperatures, Heating, Smoke and Summer Kitchens; ~ 22 ~ Conserving Heat, Cooling and Ventilation; ~ 23 ~ Ceremony, Spirit and Devil Houses, Feng Shui; ~ 24 ~ Decoration, the Evil Eve, Brick Patterns.
- ~ 25 ~ Communal Dwellings, Communal and Non-Communal Religious Groups~ 26 ~ Seasonal Shelters, Transhumance, Prefabricated Structures; ~ 27 ~ Constancy, Open-air Museums; ~ 28 ~ Change, Cultural Baggage and Borrowing, the Future; References Cited.