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Book The State of Latin American and Caribbean Cities 2012

Download or read book The State of Latin American and Caribbean Cities 2012 written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With 80% of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region on the planet. Located here are some of the largest and bes-known cities, like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Lima and Santiago. The region also boasts hundreds of smaller cities that stand out because of their dynamism and creativity. This edition of State of Latin American and Caribbean cities presents teh current situation of the region's urban world, including the demographic, economic, social, environmental, urban and institutional conditions in which cities are developing." -- p.4 of cover.

Book Modernity and the Classical Tradition

Download or read book Modernity and the Classical Tradition written by Alan Colquhoun and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1991 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1960s, the rigor and conceptual clarity of Alan Colquhoun's criticism and theory have consistently stimulated debate and have served as an impetus for the pursuit of new directions in both theory and practice. This collection of essays displays Colquhoun's concern with developing a coherent discourse for the rampant pluralism that dominates contemporary architecture. Alan Colquhoun is a practicing architect and Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. His previous collection of essays received the 1985 Architectural Critics Award.

Book Space Reader

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Hensel
  • Publisher : Wiley
  • Release : 2009-05-18
  • ISBN : 9780470519431
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Space Reader written by Michael Hensel and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Space Reader provides a highly pertinent and contemporary understanding of space for a new generation of students and architects. It espouses a definition of space that is heterogeneous (an object or system consisting of a diverse range of different items). An example of heterogeneous space, for instance, is Manhattan where complex and multiple social and technological conditions are overlaid. (This is to be contrasted with highly centralised and ordered Modernist cities.) With the onset of globalisation and the Web, heterogeneneous space, with its emphasis on differentiation, is more relevant to the contemporary condition, which encourages the mixing of space, than a much more static conception of Modernist space. This book foregrounds spatial issues and the potential of heterogeneous space through a threefold strategy: 1) Its compilation of seminal essays on the discourse of heterogeneous space. These are to include previously published key texts by Reyner Banham, Andrew Benjamin, Robin Evans, Jeff Kipnis and Henri Lefebvre, as well as new texts by important contemporary commentators, such as Mark Cousins, Werner Durth and Anthony Vidler. 2) By commenting on these seminal texts and drawing links between them. 3) By distilling from the first two efforts a contemporary outlook on a discourse of heterogeneous space that is of future significance.

Book Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

Download or read book Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics written by Philip M. Gerhart and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Soils and Foundations

Download or read book Soils and Foundations written by Cheng Liu and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all courses in soils and foundations, geotechnical engineering, soil mechanics, and foundation engineering. Ideal for beginners, Soils and Foundations presents all essential aspects of soils and foundations in as simple and direct a manner as possible. Filled with worked examples, step-by-step solutions, and hands-on practice problems, it emphasises design and practical applications supported by basic theory. Throughout, the authors promote learning through the extensive use of diagrams, charts, and illustrations. Coverage includes: engineering properties of soils: soil exploration, compaction, stabilisation, and consolidation; water in soil; subsurface stresses; settlement of structures; shear strength; shallow and deep foundations; lateral earth pressure; retaining structures, and stability analysis of slopes. This edition's new coverage includes Pressuremeter and Dilatometer tests, water flow characterisation with Bernoulli's Theorem, dewatering, uplift pressure on dams, and subsurface stresses caused by overlying soil masses.

Book 2 500 Solved Problems In Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Download or read book 2 500 Solved Problems In Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics written by Jack Evett and published by McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful problem-solver gives you 2,500 problems in fluid mechanics and hydraulics, fully solved step-by-step! From Schaum’s, the originator of the solved-problem guide, and students’ favorite with over 30 million study guides sold—this timesaver helps you master every type of fluid mechanics and hydraulics problem that you will face in your homework and on your tests, from properties of fluids to drag and lift. Work the problems yourself, then check the answers, or go directly to the answers you need using the complete index. Compatible with any classroom text, Schaum’s 2500 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics is so complete it’s the perfect tool for graduate or professional exam review!

Book Soil Mechanics

Download or read book Soil Mechanics written by David Muir Wood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book teaches the principles of soil mechanics to undergraduates, along with other properties of engineering materials, to which the students are exposed simultaneously. Using the critical state method of soil mechanics to study the mechanical behavior of soils requires the student to consider density alongside effective stresses, permitting the unification of deformation and strength characteristics. This unification aids the understanding of soil mechanics. This book explores a one-dimensional theme for the presentation of many of the key concepts of soil mechanics - density, stress, stiffness, strength, and fluid flow - and includes a chapter on the analysis of one-dimensional consolidation, which fits nicely with the theme of the book. It also presents some theoretical analyses of soil-structure interaction, which can be analyzed using essentially one-dimensional governing equations. Examples are given at the end of most chapters, and suggestions for laboratory exercises or demonstrations are given.

Book Windows 3 1 Secrets

Download or read book Windows 3 1 Secrets written by Brian Livingston and published by Wiley Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Windows "insider's" guide has been revised for 3.1! With hundreds of work-arounds, bug alerts, and secret tips, this book/disk set makes developmental work easier, faster, and more productive. Includes 36 valuable shareware programs on two 5.25 inch disks.

Book Schaum s Outline of Theory and Problems of Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry

Download or read book Schaum s Outline of Theory and Problems of Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry written by Joseph H. Kindle and published by Schaum's Outline Series. This book was released on 1950 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Meat Science

Download or read book Meat Science written by R. A. Lawrie and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meat Science, Fourth Edition focuses on the science of meat, from the initiation of life in the meat animal to the absorption of its nutrients by the human consumer. This edition updates the topics on hormonal control of reproduction and growth, pre-slaughter stress, modes of stunning and bleeding, refrigeration, eating quality, and consumer health. A section has been added on the electrical stimulation of carcasses post-mortem, emphasizing the differing susceptibility of individual muscles to cold shock on the one hand and to undergo conditioning changes on the other. The developments, such as the mechanical recovery of meat, its modification by high pressure, its reformation after controlled comminution, and incorporation with it of proteins from abattoir waste or non-meat sources are also elaborated in this book. This publication is beneficial to students and individuals researching on the food science of meat.

Book Design of Machine Elements

Download or read book Design of Machine Elements written by Virgil Moring Faires and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1965 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writing Structured COBOL

    Book Details:
  • Author : David L. Johnson
  • Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN : 9780201115918
  • Pages : 774 pages

Download or read book Writing Structured COBOL written by David L. Johnson and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1986 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Electrical Power Distribution and Transmission

Download or read book Electrical Power Distribution and Transmission written by Luces M. Faulkenberry and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a down-to-earth, easy-to-understand manner, Electrical Power Distribution and Transmission is a state-of-the-art book that offers readers a practical orientation and introduction to electrical power distribution and transmission. Outstanding features, which have been widely applauded, include real-world aspects of the field (readers are exposed to theory and practice they will use in their careers); organized into three easy to understand sections, including History, Electrical Power Distribution, and Electrical Power Transmission; thorough coverage of subject concepts; and offers up-to-date material with historical perspective. This comprehensive book is appropriate for courses in electrical power distribution and/or transmission. Readers will find previous courses in dc/ac circuits, algebra, and trigonometry to be a plus.

Book Database System Concepts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Abraham Silberschatz
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2001-12-01
  • ISBN : 9780071217620
  • Pages : 840 pages

Download or read book Database System Concepts written by Abraham Silberschatz and published by . This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Schaum s Outline of Theory and Problems of Programming with C

Download or read book Schaum s Outline of Theory and Problems of Programming with C written by Byron S. Gottfried and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The broad, yet in-depth coverage of C programming language, within the context of today's C programming style, makes this book as useful for practicing professionals as it is for beginning programmers. This study guide solves many sample problems using other programming languages so readers can compare several popular languages. It also includes clear explanations of most of the features in the current ANSI standard. The emphasis throughout is on designing clear, legible, modular and efficient programs.