Solutions for Climate Change Challenges in 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 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.

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Year of publication:	2011 ; 1st ed.
Authors:	Booth, Colin
Other Persons:	Hammond, Felix N (contributor) ; Lamond, Jessica (contributor) ; Proverbs, David G. (contributor)
Publisher:	Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Subject:	Klimawandel \| Climate change \| Welt \| World \| Klimaänderung \| Stadtlandschaft \| Stadtplanung \| Infrastruktur
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	1 online resource (370 pages)
Series:	Innovation in the built environment Innovation in the Built Environment Ser ; v.11
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Series Advisors; Dedication; Contributors; 1 Introductory Insights to Climate Change Challenges; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Climate Change Theory; 1.3 The Controversy and Context; 1.4 Organisation of the Book; 2 Climate Change: Nature and Emerging Trends; 2.1 Introduction to the Climate System and Changes to the Radiative Forcing; 2.2 Emerging Trends (Global); 2.3 Emerging Trends (UK); 2.4 Climate Trends and the Built Environment; 2.5 Solutions; 3 Regional Implications; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Climate Modelling; 3.3 Projections of Future Climate Change 4 Urbanization and Climate Change4.1 Introduction; 4.2 State of the World's Urbanization; 4.3 Impact of Urbanization on Climate Change; 4.4 How Does Urbanization Affect Climate Change?; 4.5 Solutions for Change; 4.6 Conclusion; 5 Global Political Initiatives and Overtones; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Climate and the Built Environment; 5.3 Background to Political Initiatives; 5.4 Mitigation and Adaptation Policies; 5.5 Solutions to Climate Change Challenges for the Built Environment; 6 Green Economics Dialogue and the Built Environment; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Examples of Unsustainable Building Practices6.3 The Choices We Face; 6.4 Conclusions; 7 Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment; 7.3 Contributions of SEA to Climate Change Solutions; 7.4 Concluding Remarks; 8 Methods for Valuing Preferences for Environmental and Natural Resources: An Overview; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Monetary Evaluation of Environmental Preferences: Theory; 8.3 Methods for Monetary Evaluation of Environmental Preferences; 8.4 Solutions to Valuation of Environmental and Natural Resources 9 Ecological Value of Urban Environments9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Ecological Value; 9.3 Urban Habitats; 9.4 Landscape Scales and Urban Areas; 9.5 Ecological Implications of Climate Change; 9.6 Implications of Climate Change for Urban Ecology; 9.7 Solutions to Climate Change Challenges for the Built Environment; 10 The Pedological Value of Urban Landscapes; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Urban Soils: The 'Grey Areas' on Soil Maps; 10.3 Policy Responses for Urban Soils; 11 Insights and Perceptions of Sustainable Design and Construction; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Sustainable Construction 11.3 Drivers for Sustainable Construction11.4 Rethinking Construction; 11.5 Thoughts for Change; 11.6 Concluding Remarks; 12 Progress in Eco and Resilient Construction Materials Development; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Concrete; 12.3 Brick and Masonry; 12.4 Glass; 12.5 Timber and Bamboo; 12.6 Steel; 12.7 Polymer-based Materials; 12.8 Nanotechnology; 12.9 Future Trends; 13 Energy Efficiency: Alternative Routes to Mitigation; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Energy Efficiency; 13.3 Carbon Sequestration and Climate Engineering; 13.4 A Sustainable, Low-Carbon Future?; 13.5 Solutions: Abatement Costs 14 The Benefits of Green Infrastructure in Towns and Cities
ISBN:	978-1-4443-5450-8 ; 978-1-4051-9507-2 ; 978-1-4051-9507-2
Classification:	Globale Umweltprobleme ; Bauökologie, Baubiologie ; Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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