Springer imprint: 58640 books
Gerrit Van Honthorst
A Discussion of his Position in Dutch Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Green Building
Leitfaden für nachhaltiges Bauen
Language: German
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Der bewährte Leitfaden für das Planen, Bauen und Betreiben von nachhaltigen Gebäuden jetzt in der zweiten Auflage
Energieeffizientes und nachhaltiges Bauen ist heute zur Pflichtaufgabe für Bauherren, Architekten und Planer geworden. Ganzheitliches Wissen zu effizientem Wärmeschutz, innovativen...
Architecture of Brazil
1900-1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular...
by Joseph N. Pelton, Ram S. Jakhu
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Since the launch of UoSat-1 of the University of Surrey (United Kingdom) in 1981, small satellites proved regularly to be useful, beneficial, and cost-effective tools. Typical tasks cover education and workforce development, technology demonstration, verification and validation, scientific and engineering...
by Andreas Hübel, Thilo Schmelcher, Ulrich Storz
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Patents protecting biotechnological invention are becoming ever more important. Because biotechnology has many differences with respect to other technologies, lessons learned in other fields of technology cannot simply be transferred to adopt a suitable strategy for dealing with biotechnology inventions.
In...
Indoor Thermal Comfort Perception
A Questionnaire Approach Focusing on Children
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children’s perceptions of comfort. Divided into two sections, it first presents a history of thermal comfort, the human body and environmental parameters, common...
by Debra J. Davidson, Mike Gismondi
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Human history has often been described as a progressive relinquishment from environmental constraints. Now, it seems, we have come full circle. The ecological irrationalities associated with industrial societies have a lengthy history, and our purpose in the proposed book is not to catalogue this...
From Understanding to Action
Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Hans van Ginkel Rector, United Nations University The challenges of the world's future are linked to the growing share of the global population that will reside in urban areas. UN projections indicate that by 2030 the world's urban population share will rise to 60 percent. Of the two billion added...
by Aminul Islam, Pogaku Ravindra
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This book provides a single-source reference to green technologies in advanced biofuel technology. The main focus is on the description of the state of the art in catalytic processes for the "green" production of biofuels. The authors describe two different, practical approaches for catalysts,...
Energy Policies for Sustainable Development Strategies
The Case of Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
In this book, a number of long-term energy scenarios are developed for Nigeria considering the impact of vital factors that may influence energy policies in the country’s future energy system. The energy scenarios were developed through the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP) model....
Theory of Cryptography
14th International Conference, TCC 2016-B, Beijing, China, October 31-November 3, 2016, Proceedings, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
The two-volume set LNCS 9985 and LNCS 9986 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2016-B, held in Beijing, China, in November 2016.
The total of 45 revised full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and...
Theory of Cryptography
14th International Conference, TCC 2016-B, Beijing, China, October 31-November 3, 2016, Proceedings, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
The two-volume set LNCS 9985 and LNCS 9986 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2016-B, held in Beijing, China, in November 2016.
The total of 45 revised full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and...
by Charles I. Glicksberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
by Charles I. Glicksberg
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012