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Solutions to Climate Change Challenges in the Built Environment By
2012 | 351 Pages | ISBN: 140519507X | PDF | 4 MB
The multi-disciplinary perspective provided here offers a strategic view on built environment issues and improve understanding of how built environment activities potentially induce global warming and climate change. It also highlights solutions to these challenges. Solutions to Climate change Challenges in the Built Environment helps develop an appreciation of the diverse themes of the climate change debate across the built environment continuum. A wide perspective is provided through contributions from physical, environmental, social, economic and political scientists. This strategic view on built environment issues will be useful to researchers as well as policy experts and construction practitioners wanting a holistic view. This book clarifies complex issues around climate change and follows five main themes: climate change experiences; urban landscape development; urban management issues; measurement of impact; and the future. Chapters are written by eminent specialists from both academic and professional backgrounds. The main context for chapters is the developed world but the discussion is widened to incorporate regional issues. The book will be valuable to researchers and students in all the built environment disciplines, as well as to practitioners involved with the design, construction and maintenance of buildings, and government organisations developing and implementing climate change policy.Content: Chapter 1 Introductory Insights to Climate Change Challenges (pages 1-9): Felix N. Hammond, Colin A. Booth, Jessica E. Lamond and David G. ProverbsChapter 2 Climate Change: Nature and Emerging Trends (pages 11-22): Mark McCarthyChapter 3 Regional Implications (pages 23-32): Ana LopezChapter 4 Urbanization and Climate Change (pages 33-43): Felix N. Hammond, Kwasi Baffour Awuah Gyau and Stanislaus Y. AdiabaChapter 5 Global Political Initiatives and Overtones (pages 45-55): Jean?Luc SalagnacChapter 6 Green Economics Dialogue and the Built Environment (pages 57-74): Miriam KennetChapter 7 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment (pages 75-86): Joseph SomeviChapter 8 Methods for Valuing Preferences for Environmental and Natural Resources: An Overview (pages 87-98): Jessica E. Lamond and Ian BatemanChapter 9 Ecological Value of Urban Environments (pages 99-112): Ian C. Trueman and Christopher H. YoungChapter 10 The Pedological Value of Urban Landscapes (pages 113-126): Jim Webb, Michael A. Fullen and Winfried E. H. BlumChapter 11 Insights and Perceptions of Sustainable Design and Construction (pages 127-139): David W. Beddoes and Colin A. BoothChapter 12 Progress in Eco and Resilient Construction Materials Development (pages 141-151): Jamal M. KhatibChapter 13 Energy Efficiency: Alternative Routes to Mitigation (pages 153-161): David ColeyChapter 14 The Benefits of Green Infrastructure in Towns and Cities (pages 163-179): Susanne M. Charlesworth and Colin A. BoothChapter 15 Particulate?Induced Soiling on Historic Limestone Buildings: Insights and the Effects of Climate Change (pages 181-191): David E. SearleChapter 16 Sustainable Transportation (pages 193-205): Panagiotis Georgakis and Christopher NwagbosoChapter 17 Linkages of Waste Management Strategies and Climate Change Issues (pages 207-221): Kim Tannahill and Colin A. BoothChapter 18 Climate Change and the Geotechnical Stability of 'Engineered' Landfill Sites (pages 223-236): Robert W. SarsbyChapter 19 Water Resources Issues and Solutions for the Built Environment: Too Little Versus Too Much (pages 237-250): Susanne M. Charlesworth and Colin A. BoothChapter 20 Organisational Culture and Climate Change Driven Construction (pages 251-267): Nii A. Ankrah and Patrick A. ManuChapter 21 Preparing for Extreme Weather Events: A Risk Assessment Approach (pages 269-281): Keith JonesChapter 22 The Socio?Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Approach to Mapping Vulnerability to Climate (pages 283-301): Fiifi Amoako Johnson, Craig W. Hutton and Mike J. ClarkeChapter 23 Mitigation via Renewables (pages 303-320): David ColeyChapter 24 Complexities and Approaches to Managing the Adaptation of Climate Change by Coastal Communities (pages 321-335): Annie T. Worsley, Vanessa J. C. Holden, Jennifer A. Millington and Colin A. BoothChapter 25 Lessons for the Future (pages 337-342): Jessica E. Lamond, David G. Proverbs, Colin A. Booth and Felix N. Hammond