Subject(s): Ecological houses | Ecological houses -- Designs and plans | Dwellings -- Environmental aspects | Architecture, Domestic | Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans | Dwellings -- Popular works -- Energy conservation | Sustainable living Summary: "Divided into four broad areas, tightly focused thematic chapters look at 20 topi

Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environmental policy Summary: Forty years since the first UN Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, how has the situation changed? We still have only one Earth but are we caring for and maintaining it? This book, written by leaders in the field, discusses the key environmental issues affe

Subject(s): Qur'an -- Tafsir Holdings: ,Book - General,Gombak Campus Library,,,XX525790.1),Cataloguing,11100340647

Subject(s): Informal sector (Economics) -- Developing countries | Labor market -- Developing countries | Small business -- Developing countries Summary: "Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxica

Subject(s): Soil-structure interaction | Swelling soils | Foundations Summary: "Your guide to the design and construction of foundations on expansive soilsFoundation Engineering for Expansive Soils fills a significant gap in the current literature by presenting coverage of the design and construction of foundations for expansive soils. Writ

Subject(s): Business mathematics | Business -- Mathematical models | Capital movements Summary: Along with the development of economic globalization, many countries have begun to relax their controls on their capital accounts. However, the recent financial crises in Latin American countries as well as the exchange rate crises in Southeast Asian

Subject(s): Chemical plants -- Safety measures Content advice: Overview: The Leading Guide To Process Safety Now Extensively Updated For Today's Processes And Systems. As chemical processes have grown more complex, so have the safety systems required to prevent accidents. Chemical Process Safety, Third Edition, offers students and practitio

Subject(s): Drawing -- Technique | Narrative art Summary: "Develop your own creative approach, no matter what your skill level with The Urban Sketching Handbook: Reportage and Documentary Drawing.The third volume in The Urban Sketching Handbook series, Reportage and Documentary Drawing, is about drawing as a form of journalism or documentin

Subject(s): Urbanization -- China | Cities and towns -- Growth -- China Summary: The achievements of China's urbanization should not be evaluated solely in terms of adequate infrastructures, but also in their ability to implement sound governance practices to ensure social, environmental and economic development. This book addresses several

Subject(s): Income distribution | Equality Summary: "This book provides an up-to-date survey of existing economic literature on the dimensions of growing income inequalities in both advanced and emerging countries. The different explanations and dimensions of inequalities are addressed, particularly globalization, technical progress, in-wor