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Quality of Life and Living Standards Analysis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 422

Quality of Life and Living Standards Analysis

This book is about the concept of “Quality of Life”. What is necessary for quality of life, and how can it be measured? The approach is a multicriterial scheme reduction which prevents as much information loss as possible when shifting from the set of partial criteria to their convolution. This book is written for researchers, analysts and graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics and economics.

Quality of Life and Living Standards Analysis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

Quality of Life and Living Standards Analysis

This book is about the concept of “Quality of Life”. What is necessary for quality of life, and how can it be measured? The approach is a multicriterial scheme reduction which prevents as much information loss as possible when shifting from the set of partial criteria to their convolution. This book is written for researchers, analysts and graduate and postgraduate students of mathematics and economics.

Think Tanks Across Nations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Think Tanks Across Nations

Brings attention to the extent of think tank development in countries including Malaysia, Russia, Japan, Italy, the US, and Australia, and explores their involvement in the policy process. Each chapter begins with an empirical and historical analysis of developments in think tanks within a country to gain insight into their diverse forms and behaviors, and compares think tank activity in different countries in an attempt to understand why they have developed differently. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Investigating Quality of Urban Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 452

Investigating Quality of Urban Life

The study of quality of urban life involves both an objective approach to analysis using spatially aggregated secondary data and a subjective approach using unit record survey data whereby people provide subjective evaluations of QOL domains. This book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical perspectives on QOUL and methodological approaches to research design to investigate QOUL and measure QOL dimensions. It incorporates empirical investigations into QOUL in a range of cities across the world.

Approaches to Improving the Quality of Life
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 159

Approaches to Improving the Quality of Life

After measuring the Quality of Life and identifying the deficiences in your community, what steps should you take to improve the Quality of Life? This volume reviews methods for improving the Quality of Life that are based upon improving each of the ten domains of the Quality of Life. Steps to improve health, means of reducing environmental toxins, orientation to bring about better self-concept and mental health, and so forth. In each such area, steps are set forth for eliminating undesirable and debilitating features of the domain. Social change comes about by the application of devised steps. The process has been called "telesis". It is the application of intelligent, well-tested interventions to bring about improvement. In some cases it may effect change quickly and others may require a continuing process of adjustment and change. As a handbook for community workers, the volume provides a framework for intervention that could lead to a better tomorrow.

[APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 451

[APPLIED] FOREIGN AFFAIRS

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-04-10
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

[a]FA is a laboratory of the Institute of Architecture of the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, in which spatial, infrastructure, ecological and cultural phenomena of the Sub-Saharan region are investigated. The concept for each project is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-cultural approach. This publication documents three projects that were carried out between 2011 and 2015. GUABULIGA _ WELL BY THE THORN TREE / ON OTHER PLANNING in northern Ghana, STAGING APAM / ON OTHER ARCHITECTURE at Ghana’s Atlantic coast, and LUBUNGAMODE / ON OTHER ARTISTIC RESEARCH in Kisangani, DR of Congo. The book illustrates the projects’ creative processes and contexts, embedded in contemporary discourses – well-known experts from architecture, art, theory, and urban sociology take a stand.

Basics Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 88

Basics Materials

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-05-22
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

The Materiality of buildings and constructions is an important aspect of architectural design. The approach to and use of materials is a fundamental building block of architectural training. Themes: Subjective effect of materials Haptic influences Use of materials Creative use of classical construction materials

Basics Design and Living
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 76

Basics Design and Living

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-10-04
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

Residential Buildings are normally the first design projects encountered by the student in his or her training. The focus at this point is on the different conceptual possibilities that allow one to take the first step toward an actual idea. Themes: concepts and kinds of cohabitation and dwelling residential functions the creation of living space design in housing construction This book is intended to help readers to find an easy way into the complex subject of housing design, explaining fundamental concepts, the way the individual living areas can cohere, and building form variations. The aim is to understand approaches to making rooms, living areas and entire residential units fit together, and to be able to use this knowledge to develop one’s own housing construction design work competently and prudently.

Basics Architectural Photography
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 80

Basics Architectural Photography

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-05-22
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

Architectural photography is an important tool for studying built architecture and documenting students own projects. Basics Architectural Photography provides a practically based explanation of the key technical aspects of photography, image analysis and photo editing, and includes helpful tips on how to take and process photographs. Topics: Photographic concepts (focal length, image circle, angle of view, depth of focus, exposure time, contrast range, etc.) Equipment (camera, lens, tripod, light meter, etc.) Photographing architecture (perspectives, architectural models, etc.) Stylistic devices in architectural photography Exterior shots Interior shots Image editing, scanning, image correction

Basics Electro Planning
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 80

Basics Electro Planning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-05-22
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

The concept and detailed design of buildings requires a comprehensive approach. Coordinating the different trades is one of the architect’s key tasks. In view of the fact that electrical installations in buildings are becoming increasingly complex, the architect needs to have a solid, basic understanding in this field in order to be able to prepare the design for the input of the specialist engineers. However, most architects find it hard to understand anything but the basic concepts of electrical engineering, in spite of the fact that it is an increasingly important field in view of the complexity of modern buildings. As an intermediary between all parties involved in the construction project, the architect must be able to understand electrical engineering concepts in buildings and competently advise his clients. BASICS Electrical Installations conveys the basic concepts of electrical installations in buildings in practical applications. Selection of subjects covered: Power supply Design of electrical installations Power supply systems and mains lines Distribution boards Forms of installation Wiring layouts Slots and recesses Information technology Lightning protection systems