Stock Management for Sustainable Urban Regeneration

ISBN-13: 9784431740926 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 300 str.

Opis

This book deals with theories and technologies for longevity, maintenance, disaster prevention, risk management, renovation and recycling of infrastructure as well as historical and cultural approaches to city and architectural planning. Essential knowledge for comprehensive urban stock management is included for an easy understanding of the utilization, operation, and planning of urban stock. Among the topics are conservation of historical heritages and modern stocks, risk assessment, management and monitoring of stocks, the disaster-resistant city, and recycling of construction materials. With contributions from a variety of disciplines such as material science, structural engineering, risk management, environmental engineering, and history, the book is a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering, architecture, and city planning, and also provides valuable information for working architects, civil engineers, city planners, and government officials.

Spis treści

chap.1 K.Ozawa Stock Management of Civil Engineering Infrastructure in Asia chap.2 T.Yashiro Overview of building stock management in Japan chap.3 Y.Nishimura Renovation of Modern Stock chap.4 S.Muramatsu Why and How We Should Inherit Urban Environmental Cultural Resources: Identifying, Listing, Evaluating, and Making Good Use of Urban Environmental Cultural Resources in Asia chap.5 K.Fujii (Arranged and Translated by Mizuko Ugo) New Urban Strategy for Provincial Cities in Japan chap.6 T.Ishida Life-span simulation of reinforced concrete structures: toward rational stock management chap.7 K.Maekawa Anti-Seismic Design, Diagnostics and Reinforcement for Concrete Structures chap.8 H. Kuwamura EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT ENGINEERING OF STEEL STRUCTURES chap.9 K.Kawaguchi Antiseismic Design: Wide-Roof Buildings in Earthquakes chap.10 M.Koshihara Antiseismic Design: From Houses to Large Enclosures Wooden Houses chap.11 M.Hori Integrated Earthquake Simulation of Earthquake Hazard and Disaster chap.12 T.Takada&Y.Fujino Risk Assessment, Management and Monitoring of Infrastructure Systems chap.13 T.Noguchi Resource Recycling in Concrete: Present and Future chap.14 I.Towhata Use of municipal waste island for new urban development