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| Clearance - Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change: Edition 2006 |
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| Reduced for clearance - Limited stock. From the author of the bestseller 'Ecohouse' this challenging and exciting text gives you an insight into the real changes that are necessary to give our modern day built environment both 'sustainability' and 'survivability'. The book is based on the premise that climate change is going to happen and its impacts on our lives are going to be far worse than generally expected. Sue Roaf argues that many modern buildings are not only 'unsustainable' in themselves but are also having a catastrophic effect on the global climate. In a unique argument, she illustrates that the only way we can hope to survive the following century intact is if we not only begin to radically reduce CO2 emissions from our buildings but also build only the buildings that can survive in the changed climates of the future. Traditional and modern building types are used to explain the history and impacts of climates past, present and future and set the scene in terms of where we are now and where we are going with regard to sustainability and survivability of buildings. It goes on to develop two main scenarios of future building development with the 'business as usual' model and the 'survival plan' model, and to make a list of recommendations based on these two scenarios of what actions should be taken by architects, planners and engineers as well as local and national governments, businesses and ordinary people in ensuring the true sustainable nature of the built environment. |
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