Overview
- Highlights sustainable approaches in rapidly growing areas in arid and semi-arid communities
- Examines approaches that are easy to adapt in ever-growing communities
- Focuses on the intervention of traditional livability methods from a sustainable and multidisciplinary approach
Part of the book series: The Latin American Studies Book Series (LASBS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book portrays interesting aspects of communities where livability, comfort, materials, and traditional construction procedures are part of the cultural context. The book is focused on the importance of incorporating environmental criteria and sustainable infrastructure to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and to improve the population's quality of life in arid and semi-arid zones of the Global South. This book constitutes an introduction to the sustainable construction of livable spaces for undergraduate and postgraduate students, although professionals of the construction industry and urban policy makers will also find this work valuable.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Carlos A. Bigurra-Alzati, Bachelor, Master, and Doctor in Architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico, is a specialist in Computer Graphics (Compugraph) at the Design School of the Fine Arts National Institute. Currently, he is a full-time research professor at the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo and a part-time teacher at the Architecture Postgraduate School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His area of interest is sustainable livability.
Dr. Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez is a chemical engineer and professor of Environmental Sciences at the Chemistry Department of the Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo. She has a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies and a PhD degree in Biotechnology from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France. Her research interests include green engineering solutions for urban water management and biological treatment of water and wastewater.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Spaces in Arid and Semiarid Zones of Mexico
Editors: Liliana Lizárraga-Mendiola, Carlos Alfredo Bigurra-Alzati, Gabriela A. Vázquez-Rodríguez
Series Title: The Latin American Studies Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53418-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53417-1Published: 30 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53418-8Published: 29 March 2024
Series ISSN: 2366-3421
Series E-ISSN: 2366-343X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 126
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Policy, Sustainable Development, Environment, general