Sustainable Cities and Military Installations (NATO Science by Igor Linkov

By Igor Linkov

Access to trustworthy and reasonable power, water, and providers is a crucial determinant of the prosperity of towns besides potent challenge sustainment at army installations. the belief for this publication used to be conceived on the NATO complicated learn Workshop (ARW) in June 2012 in Hella, Iceland. The workshop was once attended via 50 scientists, engineers, and policymakers representing 15 diverse international locations and a number of fields of workmanship, reflecting the worldwide and interdisciplinary nature of weather swap and sustainability learn. the point of interest of the workshop used to be on ways that army installations and small towns can combine strength, water, and infrastructure sustainability innovations into urban and set up administration plans that account for weather swap uncertainties. The association of the publication displays significant subject classes and discussions throughout the workshop.

 

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