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Reimagining industrial sites : changing histories and landscapes
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ISBN: 9781138228207 9781315393186 1138228206 9781315393155 Year: 2018 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge

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The discourse around derelict, former industrial and military sites has grown in recent years. This interest is not only theoretical, and landscape professionals are taking new approaches to the design and development of these sites. This book examines the varied ways in which the histories and qualities of these derelict sites are reimagined in the transformed landscape and considers how such approaches can reveal the dramatic changes that have been wrought on these places over a relatively short time scale. It discusses these issues with reference to eleven sites from the UK, Germany, the USA, Australia and China, focusing specifically on how designers incorporate evidence of landscape change, both cultural and natural. There has been little research into how these developed landscapes are perceived by visitors and local residents. This book examines how the tangible material traces of pastness are interpreted by the visitor and the impact of the intangible elements - hidden traces, experiences and memories. The book draws together theory in the field and implications for practice in landscape architecture and concludes with an examination of how different approaches to revealing and reimagining change can affect the future management of the site.


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Real-time and deliberative decision making : application to emerging stressors
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ISBN: 9781402090264 1402090250 9781402090257 9786611853778 1281853771 1402090269 1402090242 Year: 2008 Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer,

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Decision-making tools are needed to support environmental management in an increasingly global economy. Addressing threats and identifying actions to mitigate those threats necessitates an understanding of the basic risk assessment paradigm and the tools of risk analysis to assess, interpret, and communicate risks. It also requires modification of the risk paradigm itself to incorporate a complex array of quantitative and qualitative information that shapes the unique political and ecological challenges of different countries and regions around the world. This book builds a foundation to characterize and assess a broad range of human and ecological stressors, and risk management approaches to address those stressors, using chemical risk assessment methods and multi-criteria decision analysis tools. Chapters discuss the current state-of-knowledge with regard to emerging stressors and risk management, focusing on the adequacy of available systematic, quantitative tools to guide vulnerability and threat assessments, evaluate the consequences of different events and responses, and support decision-making. This book opens a dialogue on aspects of risk assessment and decision analysis that apply to real-time (immediate) and deliberative (long-term) risk management processes.

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Environment. --- Environmental Management. --- Facility Management. --- Environmental Economics. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Math. Appl. in Environmental Science. --- Environmental sciences. --- Engineering. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental economics. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Ingénierie --- Environnement --- Economie de l'environnement --- Gestion --- Environmental management -- Decision making. --- Environmental risk assessment. --- Environmental Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental risk assessment --- Environmental management --- Decision making --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Operations research. --- Decision making. --- Building repair. --- Buildings --- Facility management. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Repair and reconstruction. --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Environmental science --- Science --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Facilities management --- Factory management --- Plant engineering --- Building reconstruction --- Building renovation --- Building repair --- Reconstruction of buildings --- Remodeling of buildings --- Renovation of buildings --- Maintenance --- Repairing --- Architecture --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Reconstruction --- Remodeling --- Renovation --- Protection --- Conservation and restoration --- Building construction. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Buildings—Repair and reconstruction.

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