Building and Construction

Sudden-impact disasters, such as earthquakes, flash floods, hurricanes and tornadoes can cause dramatic increases in homelessness and almost instantaneous mass demand for temporary as well as permanent shelter. Moreover, on average each year, 720 catastrophes occur, some 270 million people are affec..

Regions of Risk provides an introduction to hazards, human vulnerability and disaster, paying particular attention to the more severe or novel risks and disaster that affect the general public. The book is split into two parts, the first of which gives an overview of the field of risk and disaster i..

This book does an exceptional job in giving an understanding of change, complexity, uncertainty and conflict as well as their linkages, including awareness of strategies, methods and techniques to handle them relative to resource and environmental management. The text enhances the reader's capacity ..

Ideas, concepts, theories and debates in the previously separate areas of corporate performance, corporate social responsibility, corporate strategy, and corporate governance are integrated for the first time in this book, promoting a more liberal and wider debate about CSR. Case studies of some of ..

This text offers an integrated approach to studying the environment, linking the philosophical, social and physical sciences to environmental problems and issues. It covers three main themes: the exploitation of nature; the limits of exploitation; and managing environmental problems...

Society and Exploitation Through Nature offers an integrated approach to the environment, linking the philosophical, social and physical sciences to environmental problems and issues. The text covers three main themes; exploitation of nature and society; the limits of exploitation through sustainabi..

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Solar energy will play an important role in our future energy supply, to the advantage of both the environment and the economy...

Throughout the specification process, all manner of issues face the surveyor, property manager or building engineer, from describing common defects to addressing energy efficiency and carbon emissions. In addition to these tasks this book also gives clear guidance on building control, specification,..

Throughout the specification process, all manner of issues face the surveyor, property manager or building engineer, from describing common defects to addressing energy efficiency and carbon emissions. In addition to these tasks this book also gives clear guidance on building control, specification,..

First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company...

The first to be published on the updated contract, Understanding NEC4: Term Service Contract offers a practical guide to the use and management of the NEC4 Term Service Contract (TSC). The authors descibe the full life of a contract, from the initial selection of options and contract formation throu..