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This book, first published in 1985, explores the ways in which the
editors and contributors predicted the urban system, shaped by
emerging technologies, would look like, both nationally and
internationally. The technological changes covered include
automation in the secondary sector, the effects of energy price
rises and threats of shortage, and substitution effects in the
energy and vehicle technology areas. Social and economic factors
discussed include unemployment patterns, urban activities and
lifestyles and their interactions. This title will be of interest
to students of urban studies.
Buildings and infrastructure represent principal assets of any
national economy as well as prime sources of environmental
degradation. Making them more sustainable represents a key
challenge for the construction, planning and design industries and
governments at all levels; and the rapid urbanisation of the 21st
century has turned this into a global challenge. This book embodies
the results of a major research programme by members of the
Australia Co-operative Research Centre for Construction Innovation
and its global partners, presented for an international audience of
construction researchers, senior professionals and advanced
students. It covers four themes, applied to regeneration as well as
to new build, and within the overall theme of Innovation:
Sustainable Materials and Manufactures, focusing on building
material products, their manufacture and assembly - and the
reduction of their ecological 'fingerprints', the extension of
their service lives, and their re-use and recyclability. It also
explores the prospects for applying the principles of the assembly
line. Virtual Design, Construction and Management, viewed as
increasing sustainable development through automation, enhanced
collaboration (such as virtual design teams), real time BL
performance assessment during design, simulation of the
construction process, life-cycle management of project information
(zero information loss) risk minimisation, and increased potential
for innovation and value adding. Integrating Design, Construction
and Facility Management over the Project Life Cycle, by converging
ICT, design science engineering and sustainability science.
Integration across spatial scales, enabling building-infrastructure
synergies (such as water and energy efficiency). Convergences
between IT and design and operational processes are also viewed as
a key platform increased sustainability.
Published in 1999. Analyzing and chronicling the continued
development of key information, communication and fast transport
networks at a global and regional level, this book looks at the
transition to an information-based economy, and its urban impacts,
at a global, regional and city level. The book outlines the change
by defining it as the third great societal transition in the
history of human settlement, and points to key factors that have
fuelled progress. These include the growth of global
telecommunications and fast transport networks; the coming together
of information and communication technologies and their links to
transport and land use; the shift to information and knowledge as a
resource base for new industries; the increasing movement of people
and information; the emergence of cities as economic entities,
network nodes, and centres for generating, exchanging and
processing information, and, most significantly, the competition
among cities for these new key elements of of the urban economy.
Published in 1999. Analyzing and chronicling the continued
development of key information, communication and fast transport
networks at a global and regional level, this book looks at the
transition to an information-based economy, and its urban impacts,
at a global, regional and city level. The book outlines the change
by defining it as the third great societal transition in the
history of human settlement, and points to key factors that have
fuelled progress. These include the growth of global
telecommunications and fast transport networks; the coming together
of information and communication technologies and their links to
transport and land use; the shift to information and knowledge as a
resource base for new industries; the increasing movement of people
and information; the emergence of cities as economic entities,
network nodes, and centres for generating, exchanging and
processing information, and, most significantly, the competition
among cities for these new key elements of of the urban economy.
This book, first published in 1985, explores the ways in which the
editors and contributors predicted the urban system, shaped by
emerging technologies, would look like, both nationally and
internationally. The technological changes covered include
automation in the secondary sector, the effects of energy price
rises and threats of shortage, and substitution effects in the
energy and vehicle technology areas. Social and economic factors
discussed include unemployment patterns, urban activities and
lifestyles and their interactions. This title will be of interest
to students of urban studies.
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 three
quarters of the world's people will live in urban environments. The
cars we drive, products we consume, houses we live in and
technology we use will all determine how sustainable our cities
will be. Bridging the increasing divide between cross-disciplinary
academic insights and the latest practical innovations, Resilient
Sustainable Cities provides an integrated approach for long term
future planning within the context of the city as a whole system.
In the next 30 years cities will face their biggest challenges yet,
as a result of long term, or 'slow burn' issues: population growth
will stretch to the breaking point urban infrastructure and service
capacity; resource scarcity, such as peak oil; potable water and
food security, will dramatically change what we consume and how;
environmental pressures will change how we live and where and;
shifting demographic preferences will exacerbate urban pressures.
Cities can't keep doing what they've always done and cope - we need
to change current urban development to achieve resilient,
sustainable cities. Resilient Sustainable Cities provides practical
and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students
on how to deliver cities which are resilient to 'slow burn' issues
and achieve sustainability. The book is organized around three
overarching themes: pathways to the future innovation to deliver
the future leadership and governance issues The book includes a
variety of perspectives conveyed through international case studies
and examples of cities that have transformed for a sustainable
future, exploring their successes and failures to ensure that
readers are left with ideas on how to turn their city into a
resilient sustainable city for the future.
This book focuses on the challenge that Australia faces in
transitioning to renewable energy and regenerating its cities via a
transformation of its built environment. Both are necessary
conditions for low carbon living in the 21st century. This is a
global challenge represented by the United Nation's Sustainable
Development Goals and the IPCC's Climate Change program and its
focus on mitigation and adaptation. All nations must make
significant contributions to this transformation. This book
highlights the new knowledge and innovation that has emerged from
research projects undertaken in the Co-operative Research Centre
for Low Carbon Living between 2012 and 2019 - an initiative of the
Australian Government's Department of Industry, Science and
Technology that is tasked with responding to the UN challenges.
Four principal transition pathways were central to the CRC and
provide the thematic structure to this volume. They focus on
technology, buildings, precinct and city design, and human
behaviour - and their interactions.
This book focuses on the challenge that Australia faces in
transitioning to renewable energy and regenerating its cities via a
transformation of its built environment. Both are necessary
conditions for low carbon living in the 21st century. This is a
global challenge represented by the United Nation's Sustainable
Development Goals and the IPCC's Climate Change program and its
focus on mitigation and adaptation. All nations must make
significant contributions to this transformation. This book
highlights the new knowledge and innovation that has emerged from
research projects undertaken in the Co-operative Research Centre
for Low Carbon Living between 2012 and 2019 - an initiative of the
Australian Government's Department of Industry, Science and
Technology that is tasked with responding to the UN challenges.
Four principal transition pathways were central to the CRC and
provide the thematic structure to this volume. They focus on
technology, buildings, precinct and city design, and human
behaviour - and their interactions.
Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 three
quarters of the world's people will live in urban environments. The
cars we drive, products we consume, houses we live in and
technology we use will all determine how sustainable our cities
will be. Bridging the increasing divide between cross-disciplinary
academic insights and the latest practical innovations, Resilient
Sustainable Cities provides an integrated approach for long term
future planning within the context of the city as a whole system.
In the next 30 years cities will face their biggest challenges yet,
as a result of long term, or 'slow burn' issues: population growth
will stretch to the breaking point urban infrastructure and service
capacity; resource scarcity, such as peak oil; potable water and
food security, will dramatically change what we consume and how;
environmental pressures will change how we live and where and;
shifting demographic preferences will exacerbate urban pressures.
Cities can't keep doing what they've always done and cope - we need
to change current urban development to achieve resilient,
sustainable cities. Resilient Sustainable Cities provides practical
and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students
on how to deliver cities which are resilient to 'slow burn' issues
and achieve sustainability. The book is organized around three
overarching themes: pathways to the future innovation to deliver
the future leadership and governance issues The book includes a
variety of perspectives conveyed through international case studies
and examples of cities that have transformed for a sustainable
future, exploring their successes and failures to ensure that
readers are left with ideas on how to turn their city into a
resilient sustainable city for the future.
The definitive practical reference on managing idiopathic scoliosis
from world-renowned experts Idiopathic Scoliosis: The Harms Study
Group Treatment Guide, Second Edition, edited by Peter O. Newton,
Amer F. Samdani, Harry L. Shufflebarger, Randal R. Betz, and
Jürgen Harms and written by an impressive group of experts
reflects treatment advances made in the last decade. Greater
understanding of the etiology and improved 3D anatomy has resulted
in significant strides in clinical management of scoliosis. This
richly illustrated book presents all facets of evaluation and
treatment of abnormal curvature of the spine, supported by a solid
foundation of evidence-based data culled from the prestigious Harms
Study Group. Divided into four sections and 31 chapters, this
one-stop reference encompasses the full spectrum of surgical and
nonoperative interventions—from early treatments to modern novel
growth modulation techniques. In this second edition, each chapter
has been updated and several new ones have been added, reflecting
current literature, practice, and expert perspective. Throughout
the book, masters share clinical pearls and firsthand knowledge on
managing diverse types of adolescent idiopathic spinal deformity,
with the common goal of improved patient outcomes. Key Highlights
Innovative topics include teamwork and safety in spine surgery,
halo traction for large curves, anterior growth modulation,
intraoperative neuromonitoring, and kyphosis restoration in
scoliosis surgery Surgical chapters follow a consistent layout,
encompassing rationales, techniques, and outcomes Postoperative
chapters feature discussion of long-term clinical and radiographic
outcomes, infections, complications, and rapid post-op recovery A
wealth of illustrations enhance the reader's knowledge of specific
techniques This comprehensive textbook is essential reading for
orthopaedic and neurosurgical residents, fellows, and researchers.
Young spine surgeons embarking on their careers and senior surgeons
who wish to remain up-to-date on new techniques for treating
adolescent idiopathic scoliosis will also benefit from this
illuminating resource. This book includes complimentary access to a
digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
Buildings and infrastructure represent principal assets of any
national economy as well as prime sources of environmental
degradation. Making them more sustainable represents a key
challenge for the construction, planning and design industries and
governments at all levels; and the rapid urbanisation of the 21st
century has turned this into a global challenge.
This book embodies the results of a major research programme by
members of the Australia Co-operative Research Centre for
Construction Innovation and its global partners, presented for an
international audience of construction researchers, senior
professionals and advanced students. It covers four themes, applied
to regeneration as well as to new build, and within the overall
theme of Innovation:
- Sustainable Materials and Manufactures, focusing on building
material products, their manufacture and assembly and the reduction
of their ecological fingerprints, the extension of their service
lives, and their re-use and recyclability. It also explores the
prospects for applying the principles of the assembly line.
- Virtual Design, Construction and Management, viewed as
increasing sustainable development through automation, enhanced
collaboration (such as virtual design teams), real time BL
performance assessment during design, simulation of the
construction process, life-cycle management of project information
(zero information loss) risk minimisation, and increased potential
for innovation and value adding.
- Integrating Design, Construction and Facility Management over
the Project Life Cycle, by converging ICT, design science
engineering and sustainability science.
- Integration across spatial scales, enabling building
infrastructure synergies (such as water and energy efficiency).
Convergences between IT and design and operational processes are
also viewed as a key platform increased sustainability.
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