Browsing Architecture & Urban Planning by Type "Book chapter"
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Contemporary landscape as urbanism: Emergent ecologies of the Doha Corniche
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2016 , Book chapter)[No abstract available] -
India: Bio-climatism in vernacular architecture
( Springer Singapore , 2018 , Book chapter)© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Human beings have a natural instinct for bio-climatic home building. Vernacular architecture potentially leverages on this ability while responding to the sociocultural and economic ... -
Investigation of housing preferences in view of the housing market dynamics in doha metropolitan
( Springer , 2019 , Book chapter)Since the 2000s, Doha has gone through enormous economic growth and urbanization processes. The massive migration inflows have suggested particular housing preferences that are driven by the demographic and lifestyle ... -
Occupant behavior in Indian apartments
( Springer, Singapore , 2018 , Book chapter)© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Occupant adaptation happens to be the key mechanism behind achieving thermal comfort in buildings. User's thermal adaptation is under researched in India, although it is important ... -
Sites of contestation: Tahrir Square; from appropriation to design
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)As mentioned in the introductory chapter on "crossing the boundaries between the utopian and the real," urban design has often played the role of a mediator between idealized pasts and idealizing futures, and a channel for ... -
Thermal comfort in Indian apartments
( Springer Singapore , 2018 , Book chapter)© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Socio-political and economic drivers can be historically traced behind the apartment' evolutionary trajectory. Absence and poor adherence to norms appear to have caused thermal ...