Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change: A 21st Century Survival Guide - Softcover

Crichton, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856177203 ISBN 13: 9781856177207

Publisher: taylor & francis, 2009

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Ecohouse, this fully revised edition of Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change provides unique 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.

Three new chapters present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change. The authors explore the growing urgency for mitigation and adaptation responses that deal with the resulting challenges.

• Theoretical information sits alongside practical design guidelines, so architects, designers and planners can not only see clearly what problems they face, but also find the solutions they need, in order to respond to power and water supply needs.
• Considers use of materials, structures, site issues and planning in order to provide design solutions.
• Examines recent climate events in the US and UK and looks at how architecture was successful or not in preventing building damage.

Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change is an essential source, not just for architects, engineers and planners facing the challenges of designing our building for a changing climate, but also for everyone involved in their production and use.

About this title

About the Author

Authored by Crichton, David; Nicol, Fergus; Roaf, Sue

From the Back Cover

'Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change' is an essential reference work for all involved in the design and management of buildings and cities in a rapidly changing climate, at a time when we can no longer rely on cheap fossil fuel energy. Unless building design is improved, climatic events such as storms, floods and heatwaves will increasingly damage buildings and cities, and the economies and societies that rely on them.

Modern building materials and lifestyles require massive amounts of energy. Increased pressure to build robust, resilient and low carbon buildings from governments, insurers and users alike will pose huge challenges for the whole building industry. Architects and engineers are increasingly becoming vulnerable to professional negligence actions as insurance cover is withdrawn from vulnerable, exposed buildings. Architects and engineers are also at the forefront of the revolution underway in the demand and supply of energy and settlement planning and the economic turmoil in global markets.

This fully revised second edition includes three new chapters which present evidence of escalating rates of environmental change. They examine possible mitigation and adaptation responses that begin to deal with the resulting challenge of how to protect our buildings, cities and lifestyles against the risks of extreme weather, as fuel prices and energy insecurity rise.

By the bestselling author of Ecohouse, 'Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change' presents a provocative examination of climate change issues and provides design solutions for everyone involved in the production and use of buildings - which is all of us.

Edition details

• Publisher: taylor & francis
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1856177203
• ISBN 13: 9781856177207
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400