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Dimanche 26 décembre 2004. La terre tremble au large des côtes de Sumatra. C’est l’un des plus puissants séismes jamais enregistrés (magnitude 9.3). S’en suit un tsunami cataclysmique, le plus meurtrier de l’histoire avec près de 230 000 victimes. Les vagues ont ravagé les côtes indonésiennes proches, avant de se propager vers la Thaïlande, le Sri Lanka, l’Inde puis les côtes africaines. La province d’Aceh, au nord-ouest de Sumatra, est de loin la plus touchée. La moitié de la ville de Banda Aceh est rasée par des vagues de plus de 15 m de haut, l’eau ayant même atteint une hauteur de 50 m sur les falaises de la côte ouest de Lhok Nga. De nombreux villages sont rayés de la carte. Durant près de deux ans (2005-2006), les scientifiques du programme de recherche « Tsunarisque » se sont relayés sur le terrain pour essayer de décrypter, reconstituer le tsunami dans ses moindres détails, afin de tirer les enseignements d’une catastrophe hors norme et de proposer des stratégies de prévention plus efficaces. Cet ouvrage retrace tout ce travail en trois volets : tout d’abord la reconstitution et la modélisation du tsunami, de l’extension des vagues à la cartographie des dégâts infligés au bâti, ensuite l’impact du tsunami sur l’environnement, et notamment les formes d’érosion et de dépôts, et enfin les aspects socioculturels, des facteurs ethniques aux enjeux de la reconstruction et de la prévention.
Humanities, Multidisciplinary --- Tsunami --- prévention --- environnement --- aspect environnemental --- aspect social --- océan Indien
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This volume, through theoretical essays and empirically grounded pieces on Le Corbusier's designs, contemporary suburbs, and the planning agendas of the World Trade Center site, provides theory on the appreciation of site and context in architecture.
Building sites --- Architecture, Modern --- Architecture --- Site planning --- Planning. --- History --- Electronic books. --- Building sites - Planning. --- Architecture, Modern. --- Building sites. --- Chantiers de construction --- Aspect environnemental. --- Planification. --- Aspect environnemental --- Architecture, modern --- Planning --- 20th century --- 19th century
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Built environment surrounds us for 90% of our lives but only now are we realising its influence on the environment, our health, and how we think, feel and behave both individually and socially. Spirit & Place shows how to work towards a sustainable environment through socially inclusive processes of placemaking, and how to create places that are nourishing psychologically and physically, to soul and spirit as well as body. This book's unique arguments identify important, but often unrecognised, principles and illustrate their applicability in a wide range of situations, price-ranges and climates. It shows how to reconcile the apparently incompatible demands of environmental, economic and social sustainability; how to moderate climate to make places of delight, and realign social pressures so places both support society and maximise economic viability. Thought provoking and easy to understand, Christopher Day uses everyday examples to relate his theories to practice and our experience.
Architecture. --- Environmental aspects. --- Environmental psychology. --- Sustainable architecture. --- Architecture --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Sustainable architecture --- Environmental psychology --- Architecture durable. --- Psychologie de l'environnement. --- Environmental aspects --- Aspect environnemental. --- Architecture durable --- Psychologie de l'environnement --- Aspect environnemental
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Proponents of globalization argue that it protects the global environment from degradation and promotes worldwide sustainable economic growth while opponents argue the exact opposite. Examining the local, national, and international impacts of globalization, the Handbook of Globalization and the Environment explores strategies and solutions that support healthy economic growth, protect the environment, and create a more equitable world. The book sets the stage with coverage of global environmental issues and policies. It explores international sustainable development, the evolution of global warming policy, transborder air pollution, desertification, space and the global environment, and human right to water. Building on this foundation, the editors discuss global environmental organizations and institutions with coverage of the UN's role in globalization, the trade-environment nexus, the emergence of NGOs, and an analysis of the state of global environmental knowledge and awareness from an international and comparative perspective. Emphasizing the effects of increasingly integrated global economy on the environment and society, the book examines environmental management and accountability. It addresses green procurement, provides an overview of U.S. environmental regulation and the current range of voluntary and mandatory pollution prevention mechanisms in use, explores a two-pronged approach to establishing a sustainable procurement model, and examines a collaborative community-based approach to environmental regulatory compliance. The book concludes with an analysis of controversial issues, such as eco-terrorism, North-South disputes, environmental justice, the promotion of economic growth through globalization in less developed countries, and the ability of scientists to communicate ideas so that policy makers can use science in decision making.
Environmental policy --- Globalization --- Environnement --- Mondialisation --- International cooperation. --- Environmental aspects. --- Politique gouvernementale --- Coopération internationale --- Aspect environnemental --- Coopération internationale --- Développement durable
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Our future depends on what we do about energy. This stark fact, clear since the oil embargo of the 1970's, has been hammered home through crisis after crisis-and yet our government has failed to come up with a coherent energy policy. John Deutch, with his extraordinary mix of technical, scholarly, corporate, and governmental expertise in the realm of energy, is uniquely qualified to explain what has stood in the way of progress on this most pressing issue. His book is at once an eye-opening history of the muddled practices that have passed for energy policy over the past thirty years, and a cogent account of what we can and should learn from so many breakdowns of strategy and execution. Three goals drive any comprehensive energy policy: develop an effective approach to climate change; transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy technologies; and increase the efficiency of energy use to reduce dependence on imported oil. Why has every effort in this direction eventually fallen short? Deutch identifies the sources of this failure in our popular but unrealistic goals, our competing domestic and international agendas, and our poor analysis in planning, policy-making, and administering government programs. Most significantly, The Crisis in Energy Policy clarifies the need to link domestic and global considerations, as well as the critical importance of integrating technical, economic, and political factors. Written for experts and citizens alike, this book will strengthen the hand of anyone concerned about the future of energy policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING --- Power Resources / General --- Energy policy --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- E-books --- Politique énergétique --- Etats-Unis --- Climat --- Industries énergétiques --- 1981-.... --- Changements --- Aspect environnemental
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Roads --- Automobiles --- Roadside ecology --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Routes --- Écologie des bords de route. --- Roadside ecology. --- Aspect environnemental. --- Environmental aspects.
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Materials --- Environmental aspects. --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- General ecology and biosociology --- Materials sciences --- Matériaux --- Aspect environnemental. --- Materials.
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Materials and Sustainable Development, Second Edition, written by noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it. The book's aim is to introduce ways of exploring sustainable development to readers in a way that avoids simplistic interpretations and approaches complexity in a systematic way. There is no completely 'right' answer to questions of sustainable development, instead, there is a thoughtful, well-researched response that recognizes concerns of stakeholders, conflicting priorities, and the economic, legal and social aspects of the technology and its environmental legacy. The intent of the book is not to offer solutions to sustainability challenges but rather to improve the quality of discussion and enable informed, balanced debate. This updated edition has been updated to reflect new insights, regulatory trends and other developments that have occurred since publication of the previous edition.
Materials --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental aspects. --- Sustainable development --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Développement durable --- Ecologie appliquée --- Matériaux --- Développement durable. --- Aspect environnemental. --- Materials.
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The field of social movement studies has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. But as it has done so, its focus has become increasingly narrow and 'movement-centric'. When combined with the tendency to select successful struggles for study, the conceptual and methodological conventions of the field conduce to a decidedly Ptolemaic view of social movements: one that exaggerates the frequency and causal significance of movements as a form of politics. This book reports the results of a comparative study, not of movements, but of communities earmarked for environmentally risky energy projects. In stark contrast to the central thrust of the social movement literature, the authors find that the overall level of emergent opposition to the projects has been very low, and they seek to explain that variation and the impact, if any, it had on the ultimate fate of the proposed projects.
Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Community organization --- anno 2000-2009 --- United States --- Mouvements sociaux --- Énergie --- Développement --- Aspect environnemental --- Aspect environnemental. --- Energy development --- Protest movements --- Energy resources development --- Energy source development --- Power resources development --- Power resources --- Environmental aspects --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- United States of America
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The vast family of volatile organic compounds plays a central role in the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere. Reactive Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere provides comprehensive and up-to-date reviews covering all aspects of the behavior, sources, occurrence, and chemistry of these compounds. The book considers both biogenic and anthropogenic sources, plus their effects in the atmosphere at local, regional, and global scales.* Covers a major component of atmospheric chemistry and air pollution* Considers both natural background chemistry and pollution processes* Provides
Hydrocarbure --- Hydrocarbons --- Composé volatil --- volatile compounds --- Polluant --- pollutants --- Pollution atmosphérique --- air pollution --- Impact sur l'environnement --- Environmental impact --- Modèle --- Models --- Météorologie --- Meteorology --- Volatile organic compounds --- Atmospheric chemistry. --- Environmental aspects. --- Atmosphère --- Hydrocarbures --- Environmental aspects --- Pollution. --- Aspect environnemental --- Aspect environnemental. --- Pollution atmosphérique. --- Atmospheric science --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Organic compounds --- VOCs (Chemicals) --- Volatile organic chemicals
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