Life Between Buildings: Using public space Author’s Name: Jan Gehl Place of publication: Washington DC Publisher: Island Press‚ 2011 Edition: 6th edition in the English Language II. Summery of Contents The main purpose of this book‚ as Jan Gehl explains on this to show his vision to create a good quality of urban life in cities and to give priority for pedestrians and cyclists. On his book life between buildings explains how
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of our lives. Character is the tree and habits are the seeds you sow to reap it. If you invest in good habits‚ you will have reaped character and if you invest in character you will reap destiny. family plays an important role in character building therefore it must start from the family to build the personality of anoble nation. Family plays an important position in instilling the values of Pancasila which emphasizes the value of honesty‚ mutual emotional and spiritual aspects help you in
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Natural resource Natural resources (economically referred to as land or raw materials) are naturally forming substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. A natural resource’s value rests in the amount and extractability of the material available and the demand for it. The latter is determined by its usefulness to production. A commodity is generally considered a natural resource when the primary activities associated with it are extraction and purification
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Natural Disasters We have all seen the awful effects of a flood or an earthquake - if we’re lucky only on the news. About 75 percent of the world’s population live in areas affected at least once by earthquake‚ tropical cyclone‚ flood or drought between 1980 and 2000 (Reducing Disaster Risk UNDP report‚ 2005). What causes natural disasters? First we need to get a bit technical. Natural hazards and natural disasters may sound like the same thing but there is a small but vital
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Green Building Technology: Functions‚ Impacts‚ and Future Prospects Word Count (excluding references and footnotes): 2941 words Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………..Pg.2 2. Functions in Resource Conservation…………………………………...Pg.3 2.1 Background ……………………………………………………………..Pg.3 2.2 Heat Control……………………………………………………………..Pg.4 2.3 Emission Control………………………………………………………...Pg.5 3. Impacts…………………………………………………………………...Pg.7 3.1 Social Impacts…………………………………………………………
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globalization now‚ all the building must be sustain and adapt with suitable condition at particular place‚ community and time. The adaptive reuse of pre-war building should have minimal impact on the heritage significant of the pre-war building and it setting. Developers should gain an understanding of why the building has heritage status and then pursue development that is sympathetic to the building to give it a new purpose. Adaptive reuse is self-defeating if it fails to protect the building" heritage value
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encapsulates as much horror‚ misery‚ helplessness and doom as the term “Natural Disaster”. A natural disaster is any event of force of nature that is caused by environmental factors that has catastrophic consequences. Every year they not only decimate thousands of people and their properties but end entire blood lines. These calamities wreak havoc in the part of the world it chooses to act upon. Over the centuries various types of natural disasters or “Acts of god” have stolen human lives. Several criterions
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Empire State Building The Empire State Building Outline THESIS STATEMENT: The Empire State Building did not cause much trouble for New York; instead‚ its construction had many positive effects. Reasons for the Building I. Raskob wanted to make money by renting offices to tenants. A. He wanted to construct a building that offered him the largest number of offices at the lowest price. B. He didn’t care for innovation and style ‚ but he wanted a building that sticks with his budget
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Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Brooke McGuire Park University GO125 Natural Disasters Carla Contes Risks‚ Regulations and Management of Natural Disasters Introduction There are many risks involved in any natural disaster and the regulation and management of these disasters needs to be simplified and standardized. This essay will summarize two articles that pertain to natural disasters and the improvement of responses and policies surrounded them and
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surrounds him or her‚ including houses‚ buildings‚ people‚ animals‚ lands‚ temperature‚ water‚ light and other living & non-living things. The environment does remain same at all times. It changes always due to ever-on-going interactions between various elements comprising it. The word environment is used to talk about many things. People in different field of knowledge use the word differently. Environment may be an individuals environment‚ natural environment or built environment.
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