The traditional thematic realms of urban design, such as liveability, social interaction, and quality of urban life, considered to be closely related to urban form and specifically to public space, have long since been recognised as important, and have given the discipline a certain identity. The book Realms of Urban Design: Mapping Sustainability is certainly rooted in this fundamental urban design thinking, but its main contribution belongs to the second part of the book’s title – disco...

The purpose of this book is to present ongoing research from the universities involved in the project Creating the Network of Knowledge Labs for Sustainable and Resilient Environments (KLABS). The papers published in this book show that the recent and current research in those institutions focuses on the directions of development of IUP, the processes that support sustainable use of natural resources and their application in the Western Balkan and some other European countries. Each essay aim...

The Parana River is the third largest river in the American continent, after the Mississippi and the Amazon. Instead of flowing directly to the sea, it flows to the Rio de la Plata (located between Argentina and Uruguay) through a complex delta system.

Although this delta can be considered an extreme and particular case, many of the conflicts that can be found in this area replicate in other deltas around the world. Urbanizing deltas are subjected to pressures related to urban growth and clim...

Adaptive façades are designed to actively regulate the exchange of material and energy flows and thus improve the balance between comfort and energy consumption. However, their technical complexity leads to higher development efforts, maintenance and costs, and ultimately fewer implementations.

Embedded adaptive functions could be an opportunity to reduce these drawbacks. If embedded adaptivity is to work within a design, the particularities of geometry and material arrangements must be co...

This thesis presents an alternative approach to intelligence in the built-environment, departing from the two established yet divergent branches in the discourse: the Technical, centered around Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and represented by Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL); and the Architectural, centered around architectural / spatial experiences and considerations, and represented by Interactive Architecture and Adaptive Architecture.

The ...

De uitgave Verbeelding Bouwbesluit 2012 Bouwfysica is de vervanging van de uitgave Verbeelding Bouwbesluit Bouwfysica van Sdu Uitgevers. Deze uitgave behoort tot de Reeks Bouwbesluit Praktijk. Vanuit de gedachte 'een

plaatje zegt meer dan duizend woorden' is de serie de 'verbeelding' ontstaan. De integrale herziening van deze uitgave is nodig geweest vanwege de inwerkingtreding van Bouwbesluit 2012 sinds 1 april 2012. Tegelijkertijd is deze uitgave geoptimaliseerd met een verdiepingsslag en me...

There are several dimensions of occupant behavior and energy consumption of dwellings: dwelling characteristics including the energy and indoor comfort management systems, building envelope, lighting and appliances; occupant characteristics including the social, educational and economical; and actual behavior, including the control of heating, ventilation and lighting of spaces, and appliance use, hot water use, washing, bathing, and cleaning. Attempting to understand this complexity asks for...

Een keur aan kleine maatregelen voor het onderhoud aan verkeerswegen worden hier beschreven. Per maatregel wordt volgens een vast patroon de volgende informatie gegeven: schadebeeld, onderhoudsmaatregel, omstandigheden, productie, materiaal, ploegsamenstelling, levensduur en natuurlijk kosten.

Kengetallen voor de GWW bestaat uit een serie van vier zakboekjes:

- Kengetallen kleine (re)constructies 1

- Kengetallen kleine (re)constructies 2

- Kengetallen onderhoud wegverhardingen

- Kengetallen i...