Author : Sam Sherrill
Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781635610314
A chance encounter with a fallen tree started professor and amateur woodworker Samuel Sherrill thinking: Is there a better way to stretch our precious natural resources? The question led to the writing of Harvesting Urban Timber. Sherrill explains how to identify potential urban timber, how to safely harvest it and convert it into useful lumber.
Author : Gerald F. Beranek
Publisher :
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Logging
ISBN : 9780965416702
Author : Paul H. Brunner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0203507207
The first-ever book on this subject establishes a rigid, transparent and useful methodology for investigating the material metabolism of anthropogenic systems. Using Material Flow Analysis (MFA), the main sources, flows, stocks, and emissions of man-made and natural materials can be determined. By demonstrating the application of MFA, this book reveals how resources can be conserved and the environment protected within complex systems. The fourteen case studies presented exemplify the potential for MFA to contribute to sustainable materials management. Exercises throughout the book deepen comprehension and expertise. The authors have had success in applying MFA to various fields, and now promote the use of MFA so that future engineers and planners have a common method for solving resource-oriented problems.
Author : Thomas C. Jester
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 11,74 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1606063251
Over the concluding decades of the twentieth century, the historic preservation community increasingly turned its attention to modern buildings, including bungalows from the 1930s, gas stations and diners from the 1940s, and office buildings and architectural homes from the 1950s. Conservation efforts, however, were often hampered by a lack of technical information about the products used in these structures, and to fill this gap Twentieth-Century Building Materials was developed by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service and first published in 1995. Now, this invaluable guide is being reissued—with a new preface by the book’s original editor. With more than 250 illustrations, including a full-color photographic essay, the volume remains an indispensable reference on the history and conservation of modern building materials. Thirty-seven essays written by leading experts offer insights into the history, manufacturing processes, and uses of a wide range of materials, including glass block, aluminum, plywood, linoleum, and gypsum board. Readers will also learn about how these materials perform over time and discover valuable conservation and repair techniques. Bibliographies and sources for further research complete the volume. The book is intended for a wide range of conservation professionals including architects, engineers, conservators, and material scientists engaged in the conservation of modern buildings, as well as scholars in related disciplines.
Author : Vinod Kumar
Publisher : Agro Environ Media, Publication Cell of AESA, Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy,
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 12,48 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 8194201721
The compliance of this book is helpful for academicians, researchers, students, as well as other people seeking the relevant material in current trends of studies on the topic of environmental degradation.
Author : John E. Kuser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 45,17 MB
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402042892
This book is a textbook for Urban/Community Forestry courses and a handbook for Shade Tree Commissions, tree wardens, State and National Forestry Services, and professional societies. It is the most complete text in this field because it addresses both culture and management, and the chapters have been written by experts who are active practitioners. The book provides observations and examples relevant to every urban center in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Author : Salah El Haggar
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080550142
Sustainable Industrial Design and Waste Management was inspired by the need to have a text that enveloped awareness and solutions to the ongoing issues and concerns of waste generated from industry. The development of science and technology has increased human capacity to extract resources from nature and it is only recently that industries are being held accountable for the detrimental effects the waste they produce has on the environment. Increased governmental research, regulation and corporate accountability are digging up issues pertaining to pollution control and waste treatment and environmental protection. The traditional approach for clinical waste, agricultural waste, industrial waste, and municipal waste are depleting our natural resources. The main objective of this book is to conserve the natural resources by approaching 100 % full utilization of all types of wastes by cradle – to - cradle concepts, using Industrial Ecology methodology documented with case studies. Sustainable development and environmental protection cannot be achieved without establishing the concept of industrial ecology. The main tools necessary for establishing Industrial Ecology and sustainable development will be covered in the book. The concept of "industrial ecology will help the industrial system to be managed and operated more or less like a natural ecosystem hence causing as less damage as possible to the surrounding environment. - Numerous case studies allow the reader to adapt concepts according to personal interest/field - Reveals innovative technologies for the conservation of natural resources - The only book which provides an integrated approach for sustainable development including tools, methodology, and indicators for sustainable development
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Cumulative effects assessment (Environmental assessment)
ISBN :
Author : Harold Scofield Betts
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Longleaf pine
ISBN :
Author : Max Brooks
Publisher : Broadway Books
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 17,34 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0770437400
An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival, in a novel that is the basis for the June 2013 film starring Brad Pitt. Reissue. Movie Tie-In.
