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Archive for January, 2008

Environment and development: How green is their growth

Jan 24th 2008
From The Economist print edition

A new argument that economic progress can help to ease environmental woes, just so long as the governance is good too

CAN poor countries afford to be green? That is a question which politicians in the developing world have often asked rather pointedly. To them, it seems that the obsession [...]

OMA reveals final design for Science Centre and Aquarium in Hamburg’s Hafencity

By OMA © All rights reserved
2008.01.22
(Rotterdam, January 22nd 2008): The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has revealed the final design for a Science Centre and Aquarium for the Hamburg Hafencity complex.
The building of 23,000 m2 will comprise of a Science Centre, aquarium, theatre, offices, laboratories and commercial and retail facilities and is located at the [...]

Turbinas de viento modernas desde Holanda

¿Por qué conformarse con diseños de turbinas de viento de poco valor estético? En Holanda se le ha comisionado a varios diseñadores, entre ellos al arquitecto Ton Matton de One Architecture, a la firma de arquitectos NL Architects y el arquitecto paisajista Paul van Beek, el diseño de unas turbinas de viento (o generadoes eólicos) [...]

NEW GREEN TOWER IN MIAMI – The COR Building

by Evelyn Lee

A new high rise is going up in Miami’s design district, and its a lean, green, eco machine. A collaboration between Chad Oppenheim architecture + design, energy consultant Buro Happold, and structural engineer Ysreal Seinuk, the $40 million, 25-story, “COR” building will incorporate mixed-use residential and commercial space, integrating green technologies including wind [...]

Earth Observation of Global Change: The Role of Satellite Remote Sensing in Monitoring the Global Environment

Nuevo libro editado por Emilio Chuvieco, Catedrático de Análisis Geográfico Regional de la Universidad de Alcalá.
About this book:
Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a relevant tool to monitor global variables, since they offer a systematic coverage of the Earth Surface, at different spatial, spectral and temporal [...]

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