Solutions for climate change challenges of the built environment

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 theclimate 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 andprofessional backgrounds. The main context for chapters is the developed world but the discussion is widened to incorporate regional issues. The book willbe 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. INDICE: List of Contributors Chapter 1 Introductory Insights to Climate Change Challenges Chapter 2 Climate Change: Nature and Emerging Trends Chapter 3Regional Implications Chapter 4 Urbanization and Climate Change Chapter 5 Global Political Initiatives and Overtones Chapter 6 Green Economics Dialogue andthe Built Environment Chapter 7 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment Chapter 8 Methods for Valuing Preferences for Environmental and Natural Resources: An Overview Chapter 9 Ecological value of Urban Environments Chapter 10 The Pedological Value of Urban Landscapes Chapter 11 Insights and Perceptions of Sustainable Design and Construction Chapter 12 Progress in Eco-and Resilient-Construction Materials Development Chapter 13 Energy Efficiency: Alternative Routes to Mitigation Chapter 14 The Benefits of Green Infrastructure in Towns andCities Chapter 15 Particulate Induced Soiling on Historic Limestone Buildings: Insights and the Effects of Climate Change Chapter 16 Sustainable Transportation Chapter 17 Linkages of Waste Management Strategies and Climate Change Issues Chapter 18 Climate Change and the Geotechnical Stability of EngineeredLandfill Sites Chapter 19 Water Resources Issues and Solutions for the Built Environment: too little versus too much Chapter 20 Organisational Culture and Climate Change Driven Construction Chapter 21 Preparing for Extreme weather events:A Risk Assessment Approach Chapter 22 The Socio-environmental Vulnerability Assessment Approach to Mapping Vulnerability to Climate Chapter 23 Mitigation via Renewables Chapter 24 Complexities and Approaches to Managing the Adaptation of Climate Change by Coastal Communities Chapter 25 Lessons for the Future Index

• ISBN: 978-1-4051-9507-2
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 27/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés