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High-rise building living in Asian cities [electronic resource] / Belinda Yuen, Anthony Yeh, editors.

This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of high-rise. Much less is written a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Yuen, Belinda K. P., Yeh, Anthony G. O., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; London : Springer, 2010.
Subjects:
High-rise apartment buildings > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
High-rise apartment buildings > Social aspects > Singapore.
High-rise apartment buildings > Social aspects.
China > Hong Kong.
Singapore.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Tall Building Living in Asian Cities
  • 2. Tall Building Living in High Density Cities: A Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore
  • 3. Planning and Design of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 4. Physical Environment of Tall Residential Buildings: The Case of Hong Kong
  • 5. Planning and Design of Environmentally Sustainable High-rises
  • 6. Garden and Ecology in the Sky
  • 7. Legislation and Safety of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 8. The Value of Clean Air in High-Density Urban Areas
  • 9. Liveability of Tall Residential Buildings
  • 10. Community Development in Tall Residential Buildings
  • 11. In the March of High-rise
  • Appendix
  • CD-ROM included inside back cover The State of Urban High-rise Research: An Annotated Bibliography
  • Index.

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