Title Tall buildings : sixth International Conference on Tall Buildings ; Mini Sympoisum on Sustainable Cities ; Mini Symposium on Planning, Design and Socio-Economic Aspects of Tall Residential Living Environment, Hong Kong, China, 6-8 December 2005 / editors, Y.K. Cheung, K.W. Chau ; organisers, the University of Hong Kong, Tongji University, China Academy of Building Research.

Publication Info.	New Jersey : World Scientific, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xxiii, 1141 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	A collection of papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Tall Buildings (ICTB), this volume clearly explains the engineering and socio-economic aspects of tall buildings in specific areas of sustainability. The papers focus on Asian cities, where tall buildings have become a major feature of the built environment. A multi-disciplinary book, it also deals with the increasing complexity of inter-related problems that require knowledge integration from different disciplines. With interesting contributions from distinguished practitioners, academics and policy makers, the book addresses the development and application of knowledge in solving problems related to tall buildings.
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Subject	Tall buildings -- Congresses.
	Tall buildings.
Indexed Term	Sustainable cities
	Residential living environment
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Cheung, Y. K.
	Chau, K. W. (Kwong Wing)
	University of Hong Kong.
	Tong ji da xue (China)
	Zhongguo jian zhu ke xue yan jiu yuan.
	Mini Symposium on Sustainable Cities (2005 : Hong Kong, China)
	Mini Symposium on Planning, Design and Socio-Economic Aspects of Tall Residential Living Environment (2005 : Hong Kong, China)
Cover Title	Tall buildings from engineering to sustainability
Other Form:	Print version: International Conference on Tall Buildings (6th : 2005 : Hong Kong, China). Tall buildings. New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2005 9812566201 (OCoLC)64113120
ISBN	9781601198921 (electronic book)
	1601198922 (electronic book)
	9812701486 (electronic book)
	9789812701480 (electronic book)
	1281372730
	9781281372734
	9812566201
	9789812566201

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