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Designing to Avoid Disaster
Thomas (University Of Minnesota) Fisher
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Description for Designing to Avoid Disaster
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 black & white halftones, 18 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
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Recent catastrophic events, such as the I-35W bridge collapse, New Orleans flooding, the BP oil spill, Port au Prince's destruction by earthquake, Fukushima nuclear plant's devastation by tsunami, the Wall Street investment bank failures, and the housing foreclosure epidemic and the collapse of housing prices, all stem from what author Thomas Fisher calls fracture-critical design. This is design...
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415527361
SKU
V9780415527361
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Designing to Avoid Disaster
"In this essential book Fisher takes us through ‘fracture-critical’ design failures and provides solutions by articulating how ‘resilient design’ is the key to our longevity as a species. The research behind this theory spans many disciplines though the writing is accessible to all. This is required reading for designers, planners, politicians and citizens." Michael Zaretsky, architect and associate professor, University...
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