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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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.