Overview
Offers innovative construction solutions that minimize the environmental impact, and improve the energy efficiency of buildings
Provides an overview of the status quo in the construction sector
Highlights the best practices in existing cooperation between various universities in Spain and Latin America, and many public and private companies and organizations
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (36 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Sustainable Planning and Urban Development
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Architecture and Society
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Sustainable Renovation of Buildings and Neighbourhoods
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About this book
This book provides an overview of the environmental problems that arise from construction activity, focusing on refurbishment as an alternative to the current crisis in the construction sector, as well as on measures designed to minimize the effects on the environment. Furthermore, it offers professionals insights into alternative eco-efficient solutions using new materials to minimize environmental impacts and offers solutions that they can incorporate into their own designs and buildings. It also demonstrates best practices in the cooperation between various universities in Andalusia in Spain and Latin America and many public and private companies and organizations.
This book serves as a valuable reference resource for professionals and researchers and provides an overview on the status of investigations to find solutions to improve sustainable development in terms of materials, systems, facilities, neighborhoods, buildings, and awareness of the society involved.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Development and Renovation in Architecture, Urbanism and Engineering
Editors: Pilar Mercader-Moyano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51442-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51441-3Published: 24 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84652-1Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51442-0Published: 17 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 455
Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations, 162 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Building Construction and Design, Building Repair and Maintenance, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Structural Materials