Author:
Publisher: IICA
Total Pages: 312
Release:
Genre:
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Flood Handbook

Flood Handbook
Author: Saeid Eslamian
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2022-04-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429872283

Floods are difficult to prevent but can be managed in order to reduce their environmental, social, cultural, and economic impacts. Flooding poses a serious threat to life and property, and therefore it’s very important that flood risks be taken into account during any planning process. This handbook presents different aspects of flooding in the context of a changing climate and across various geographical locations. Written by experts from around the world, it examines flooding in various climates and landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors, and considers urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas. Features Presents the main principles and applications of the science of floods, including engineering and technology, natural science, as well as sociological implications. Examines flooding in various climates and diverse landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors. Considers floods in urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas Covers flood control structures as well as preparedness and response methods. Written in a global context, by contributors from around the world.

HABITAR CONVIVIR Y VIVIR - ARMONIZANDO LA GOVERNANCE DEL TERRITORIO. Análisis de las dinámicas territoriales y elaboración de propuestas integradas para la Auracania Lacustre

HABITAR CONVIVIR Y VIVIR - ARMONIZANDO LA GOVERNANCE DEL TERRITORIO. Análisis de las dinámicas territoriales y elaboración de propuestas integradas para la Auracania Lacustre
Author: Sara Blandolino
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-07-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1471762874

Durante tales workshop, con una duración de cuatro semanas, los alumnos y docentes del Master afrontan, en terreno, en colaboración con el Centro de Desarrollo Local e Interculturalidad (CEDEL) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (socio propuslor de la experiencia), las administraciones locales, las instituciones y las comunidades locales, prácticas sobre problemáticas concretas.El presente libro ilustra la 3ra experiencia aplicada de la 4ta edición del curso (a.a. 2011-2012) centrada en la creación de redes de tres Comunas (Villarrica, Pucón y Curarrehue) situadas en la Cuenca del Lago Villarrica en la Región de la Araucanía, Chile, donde se encuentran fuertes elementos sociales, económicos y ambientales, pero que carece de políticas integradas de desarrollo capaces de incluir activamente a las comunidades locales y direccionar al territorio hacia un modelo de desarrollo sostenible. El trabajo desarrollado representa la primera etapa de un proyecto estimulación territorial de tres años.

Reshaping Urban Conservation

Reshaping Urban Conservation
Author: Ana Pereira Roders
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 981108887X

This volume focuses on the implementation of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL approach), designed to foster the integration of heritage management in regional and urban planning and management, and strengthen the role of heritage in sustainable urban development.Earlier publications and research looked at the underlying theory of why the HUL approach was needed and how this theory was developed and elaborated by UNESCO. A comprehensive analysis was carried out in consultation with a multitude of actors in the twenty-first-century urban scene and with disciplinary approaches that are available to heritage managers and practitioners to implement the HUL approach.This volume aims to be empirical, describing, analyzing, and comparing 28 cities taken as case studies to implement the HUL approach. From those cases, many lessons can be learned and much guidance shared on best practices concerning what can be done to make the HUL approach work.Whereas the previous studies served to illustrate issues and challenges, in this volume the studies point to innovations in regional and urban planning and management that can allow cities to avoid major conflicts and to further develop in competitiveness. These accomplishments have been possible by building partnerships, devising financial strategies, and using heritage as a key resource in sustainable urban development, to name but a few effective strategies.For these reasons, this volume is primarily pragmatic, linked to the daily work and challenges of practitioners and administrators, using specific cases to assess what was and is good about current practices and what can be improved, in accordance with the HUL approach and aims.

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering
Author: Francisco Asensio Cerver
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1995
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Exploring the controversial relationship between engineering, architecture, and landscaping, this volume surveys a series of extraordinarily interesting projects produced in various parts of the world. The outstanding profiles range from the Crosby Arboretum in Picayne, Mississippi, by Edward L. Blake, Jr. to the restoration projects by Richard Haag, including Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, and the Bloedel Reserve in Bainbridge Island, Washington. A full ten pages is devoted to the construction of the General Hitchcock Highway by Joanne Gallaher and Sarah Davis in Tucson, Arizona.

Planindex

Planindex
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1988
Genre: Latin America
ISBN: