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The WHO Regional Office for Europe set up a working group of experts to provide scientific advice to the Member States for the development of future legislation and policy action in the area of assessment and control of night noise exposure. The working group reviewed available scientific evidence on the health effects of night noise, and derived health-based guideline values. In December 2006, the working group and stakeholders from industry, government and nongovernmental organizations reviewed and reached general agreement on the guideline values and key texts for the final document of the "Night noise guidelines for Europe". Considering the scientific evidence on the thresholds of night ...
Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools, or public spaces, this is an area of active research for acousticians. But noise, in the sense of dissonance, can also be used positively; composers have employed it from Baroque music to Rock feedback; medicine harnesses it to shatter kidney stones and treat cancer; and even the military uses it in (real and rumoured) weapons. Mike Goldsmith looks back at the long history of the battle between people and noise - a battle that has changed our lives and moulded our societies. He investigates how ...
• Fully updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types • Sustainable design fully integrated into each chapter • Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers – this book truly belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what reg...
Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and evolving building types Many chapters revised including housing, transport, offices, libraries and hotels New chapter on flood-aware design Sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers - this book belongs in every design studio and architecture school library The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design information for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types, it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of. As well as building types, the Metric Handbook deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. The Metric Handbook provides an invaluable resource for solving everyday design and planning problems.
The hospitality model called "Albergo Diffuso" (AD), or "scattered hotel," has been engneered by Mr Giancarlo Dall'Ara and described by The New York Times as a way of bringing life back to historic towns and rural hamlets by utilizing unused rooms for tourism. This "simple but genial" model devised in Italy in the mid-90's received an award from the UNDP for its sustainability, but despite the spread of AD's, no peer-reviewed books have previously been published in English focusing on this innovation. In this book, the author therefore begins by exploring the AD as a community-based hospitality model, examining both its pros and cons. He then considers conviviality, sense of security, and ot...
Il nostro corpo, la società e il pianeta sono colpiti da una devastante infiammazione. Lo vediamo tutto attorno a noi: nelle scioccanti disparità razziali e sociali sulle quali la pandemia ha gettato luce; nell’aumento delle malattie infiammatorie come i disturbi gastrointestinali e l’asma; nelle rivolte di massa in tutto il mondo in risposta al razzismo sistematico e alla violenza; nella crescita del numero di rifugiati climatici. Questo saggio coraggioso e originalissimo è un viaggio nel corpo umano, nel nostro sistema digestivo, endocrino, circolatorio, respiratorio, riproduttivo, immunitario e nervoso. Ma a differenza di un tradizionale libro di anatomia, questo itinerario illumin...
Ponto de partida ideal para qualquer projeto de arquitetura, este livro trata de aspectos específicos do projeto, como materiais, acústica e iluminação, de dados gerais de projeto sobre as dimensões humanas (ergonomia e ergometria) e de necessidades espaciais. A obra fornece as exigências básicas para projetos considerando as mudanças de comportamento, climáticas e necessidades da sociedade, como projetar para áreas sujeitas a enchentes, inclusão de práticas de projeto sustentável, etc.
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