Building for a changing climate : the challenge for construction, planning and energy /
By: Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick).
Publisher: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010Description: xvi, 184 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781844077359 (hardback); 9781844077359:; 1844077357 (hardback).Subject(s): City planning -- Environmental aspects | Housing -- Environmental aspects | Climatic changes![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-173) and index.
1. Prepare for four degrees -- 2. Probable future impacts of climate change -- 3. The UN carbon trading mechanism -- 4. Setting the pace towards climate-proof housing -- 5. Future-proof housing -- 6. Building-integrated solar electricity -- 7. Sun, earth, wind and water -- 8. Eco-towns : opportunity or oxymoron? -- 9. The housing inheritance -- 10. On-domestic buildings -- 11. Community buildings -- 12. Conventional energy -- 13. Coal : black gold or black hole? -- 14. Filling the gap; utility-scale renewables -- 15. The age beyond oil -- 16. The thread of hope.
There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. This guide explores how to make buildings that are ready for climate change. It focuses on how we can adapt to the inevitabilities of a changing climate such as increased flooding and drought.