Building for a changing climate :: the challenge for construction, planning and energy /

There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Peter F. (Peter Frederick), 1930-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have to be directed towards adapting to new climatic conditions, with talk of survivability replacing sustainability as the new and most pressing priority. Nowhere is this more evident than in the built environment - the stage on which our most important interactions with climatic conditions are played o.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
ISBN:9781849774390
1849774390
1136546367
9781136546365
1282506005
9781282506008
9786612506000
6612506008

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