City Design, Planning & Policy Innovations
City Design, Planning & Policy Innovations

Author: Tomas Bermudez

Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13:

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This publication summarizes the outcomes and lessons learned from the Fall 2017 course titled “Emergent Urbanism: Planning and Design Visions for the City of Hermosillo, Mexico” (ADV-9146). Taught by professors Diane Davis and Felipe Vera, this course asked a group of 12 students to design a set of projects that could lay the groundwork for a sustainable future for the city of Hermosillo—an emerging city located in northwest Mexico and the capital of the state of Sonora. Part of a larger initiative funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and the North-American Development Bank in partnership with Harvard University, ideas developed for this class were the product of collaboration between faculty and students at the Graduate School of Design, the Kennedy School’s Center for International Development and the T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Casta Painting
Casta Painting

Author: Ilona Katzew

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2005-06-21

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780300109719

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Casta painting is a distinctive Mexican genre that portrays racial mixing among the Indians, Spaniards & Africans who inhabited the colony, depicted in sets of consecutive images. Ilona Katzew places this art form in its social & historical context.

Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems
Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems

Author: Francesco Parasiliti

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 579

ISBN-13: 364255475X

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This book reports the state of the art of energy-efficient electrical motor driven system technologies, which can be used now and in the near future to achieve significant and cost-effective energy savings. It includes the recent developments in advanced electrical motor end-use devices (pumps, fans and compressors) by some of the largest manufacturers. Policies and programs to promote the large scale penetration of energy-efficient technologies and the market transformation are featured in the book, describing the experiences carried out in different parts of the world. This extensive coverage includes contributions from relevant institutions in the Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.