| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 646 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
IET built environment ; 03
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IET built environment ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Architecture -- Designing sustainable tall buildings -- Skybridges -- Recent developments in sustainable environmental systems of tall buildings -- Assessment of tall buildings' environmental sustainability -- Curtain walling resiliency for tall buildings -- Sustainability meets performance with tall timber buildings -- Part II: Engineering -- Sustainable structural design of tall buildings -- Core design and space efficiency in contemporary supertall office buildings -- An overview of seismic design and sustainability of high-rise buildings -- Sustainability construction of wood high-rise buildings and seismic considerations -- Innovative mass-damping approaches for sustainable seismic design of tall buildings -- Employing innovative bio-polymeric agro-based materials in tall building facade applications to tackle climate change -- Part III: City planning -- Building taller, building denser -- High-rises versus sprawl -- High-rise buildings and transit-orientated development -- High-density city -- Resilience thinking in high-rise clusters -- High-rise buildings as urban habitat -- Interdependence of high-rise buildings and the city. |
| Summary |
The rapid increase in globalization, human population, land prices and climate change are forcing cities to build upward. From architecture to engineering and city planning, this comprehensive reference covers the state-of-the-art of advanced research, innovations and future perspectives towards sustainable high-rise buildings. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tall buildings -- Design and construction.
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Tall buildings.
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Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction.
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Tall buildings |
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Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction |
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Tall buildings -- Design and construction |
| Added Author |
Al-Kodmany, Kheir, editor.
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Du, Peng, editor.
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Ali, Mir M., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Al-Kodmany, Kheir Sustainable High-Rise Buildings Stevenage : Institution of Engineering & Technology,c2022 |
| ISBN |
1839532815 (PDF) |
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9781839532818 (electronic bk.) |
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9781839532801 (hardback) |
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1839532807 (hardback) |
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