This open access book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal management of the building process. The construction sector is facing an increasing demand for major innovations in terms of digital dematerialization and technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, advanced manufacturing, robotics, 3D printing, block…
This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity’s deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them a…
Our planet is undergoing radical environmental and social changes. Sustainability has now been put into question by, for example, our consumption patterns, loss of biodiversity, depletion of resources, and exploitative power relations. With apparent ecological and social limits to globalization and development, current levels of consumption are unsustainable, inequitable, and inaccessible to th…
Seri Lingkungan ini ditulis berangkat dari kekhawatiran bahwa kebijakan lingkungan yang telah ada selama ini keliru. Buku ini mendukung empat target dari SDGs, yaitu manajemen sanitasi dan air bersih (poin 6), pola konsumsi dan produksi yang berkelanjutan (poin 12), penanganan perubahan iklim (poin 13), dan ekosistem daratan (poin 15). Isu lingkungan menjadi sentral dan sangat menarik untuk dib…