Potential Implications of Climate Change in the Built Environment
Author : Hilary M. Graves
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 15,99 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781860814471
Author : Hilary M. Graves
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 15,99 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781860814471
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309145880
Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for-and in many cases is already affecting-a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling case for these conclusions is provided in Advancing the Science of Climate Change, part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America's Climate Choices. While noting that there is always more to learn and that the scientific process is never closed, the book shows that hypotheses about climate change are supported by multiple lines of evidence and have stood firm in the face of serious debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations. As decision makers respond to these risks, the nation's scientific enterprise can contribute through research that improves understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and also is useful to decision makers at the local, regional, national, and international levels. The book identifies decisions being made in 12 sectors, ranging from agriculture to transportation, to identify decisions being made in response to climate change. Advancing the Science of Climate Change calls for a single federal entity or program to coordinate a national, multidisciplinary research effort aimed at improving both understanding and responses to climate change. Seven cross-cutting research themes are identified to support this scientific enterprise. In addition, leaders of federal climate research should redouble efforts to deploy a comprehensive climate observing system, improve climate models and other analytical tools, invest in human capital, and improve linkages between research and decisions by forming partnerships with action-oriented programs.
Author : Colin A. Booth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 11,31 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 140519507X
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.
Author : D.K. Prasad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,72 MB
Release : 2005-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1135814899
new in paperback and at a student price first book to discuss the impact of the built environment on global warming contributions from foremost scientists and engineers on the subject offer a wide perspective
Author : Alisdair McGregor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415692997
Two Degrees reviews the current science and predictions for global warming and looks at what steps can be taken to design the built environment to mitigate the extent of global warming and to adapt to inevitable changes in climate.
Author : P. Gary
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781737647300
Climate change and its impacts are creating uncertainties and challenges. To meet this challenge, new design philosophies for climate-safe infrastructure and reliable expertise for managing the risks of climate change are needed. Climate Change and the Built Environment is intended as a re-source for design professionals, owners, planners, contractors, and other industry stakeholders. It provides practical guidance and vital industry information, including design strategies for mit-igation and adaptation, new project approaches, contracting practices, risk management, and in-surance insights, and it lays out a path forward to address climate change through best practices. Readers will also find case studies that offer illustrative examples and recommendations for mak-ing projects more resilient and for protecting infrastructure assets. Solving for climate change will require a diversity of voices and perspectives. As design profes-sionals, we have a special role to play in re-establishing a balance between the natural and built environments. This book represents a proactive collaboration of women across the design industry and is reflective of the type of engagement which will be needed to solve for this challenge.
Author : Nicholas B. Rajkovich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1000470997
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the building to the city scale. This book highlights North American cases that deal with issues such as climate projections, public health, adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, and design interventions for floodplains, making the content applicable to many locations around the world. The contributors in this book discuss topics ranging from how built environment professionals respond to a changing climate, to how the building stock may need to adapt to climate change, to how resilience is currently being addressed in the design, construction, and operations communities. The purpose of this book is to provide a better understanding of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and resilience across scales of the built environment. Architects, urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and engineers will find this a useful resource for adapting buildings and cities to a changing climate.
Author : Alison Pridmore
Publisher :
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781786527554
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521634557
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Author : Susan Roaf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1856177203
This book provides insights into how we can protect our buildings, cities, infra-structures and lifestyles against risks associated with extreme weather and related social, economic and energy events. There are three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change; and the authors explore the growing urgency for mitigation and adaptation responses that deal with the resulting challenges.