Sustainable Cities and Military Installations

Book Overview

Part 1. Sustainable Cities and Military Installations: Challenge.- Sustainable Urban Systems: A Review of how Sustainability Indicators Inform Decisions; E.K. Tatham, D.A. Eisenberg, I.Linkov .- Military Installations and Cities in the21st Century: Towards Sustainable Bases and Adaptable Cities; B.A. Harmon, W.D. Goran, R.S. Harmon.- Assessing Adaptive Capacity of Cities and Regions: Concerns over Methodology and Usability; S. Juhola.- Resource Footprints and Environmental Security at DoD Installations; R. Pincus.- Sustainability Awareness and Expertise: Structuring the Cognitive Processes for Solving Wicked Problems and Achieving an Adaptive-State; D.S. Sweet et al.- Part 2. Water.- Sustainable Water Resources Management: Challenges and Methods; M.C. Hamilton et al.- Innovative Group Decision Making Framework for Sustainable Management of Regional hydro-systems; Z. Srdjevic et al.-Future Water Availability, Sustainable Dryland Agriculture and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; D. Lewis.- Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Groundwater Ponds as Suppliers to Urban Water Distributors; B. Srdjevic et al.- Pilot Study of Contaminants in Marine and Freshwater Sediments as well as the Ground Level Atmosphere Close to Station Nord, a Small Military Danish Airbase and Research Station in NE Greenland; M. Goodsite et al.- Sustainability of Water Supply at Military Installations, Kabul Basin, Afghanistan; T.J. Mack, M.P. Chornack, I.M. Verstraeten.- Part 3. Energy.- Sustainable Energy Pathways for Smart Urbanization and Off-Grid Access: Options and Policies for Military Installations and Remote Communities; J. Nathwani et al.-The Army Net Zero Waste Program and its Implications for Energy; V.F. Medina et al.- Off Grid Energy Access; J. Nathwani, Z. Chen.- Part 4. Infrastructure and Integration.-Integrated Perspectives on Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Military Installations; M. Merad et al.- Natural Hazard Risk Assessment and Management Methodologies Review: Europe; G.T. Cirella et al.-Resilience of Infrastructures and Networks in a Changing Climate: French Experiences; A. Brassel-Day, B. Reysett, R. Nyer.- Urban Sustainability and Poverty: Can Microfinance Make a Difference?; B. Morel, E. Linkov, P. Morel.- Infrastructure Modeling: Status and Applications; R.J. LeClaire et al.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400771606
• ISBN13: 9789400771604
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"