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Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change
Design Principles for Climate Emergencies
Presents technical solutions for the adaptation of the built environment against climate change
F. Pacheco-Torgal (Edited by), Claes Goran-Granqvist (Edited by)
9780323953368, Elsevier Science
Paperback / softback, published 24 February 2023
430 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 1 kg
Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate Emergencies analyzes several scenarios and proposes various adaptation strategies for climate emergencies (heat waves, wildfires, floods, and storms). Divided into three themes, the book offers an organized vision of a complex and multi-factor challenge. It covers climatic resilience and building refurbishment, implications for service life prediction and maintainability, and climate adaptation in the maintenance and management of buildings. Sections cover infrastructure materials, climate emergency adaptation and building adaptation to heat waves, wildfires, floods and storms. The book will be an essential reference resource for civil and structural engineers, architects, planners, designers and other professionals who have an interest in the adaptation of the built environment against climate change.
1. Introduction to Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change PART 1 RISK ASSESSMENT AND SCENARIOS OF CLIMATIC RESILIENCE 2. A framework for risk assessment of climate change 3. Scenarios for urban resilience - Perspective on climate change resilience at the end of the 21st century of a PV-powered mixed-use energy community in two European capitals. 4. Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change: Design Principles for Climate Emergencies PART 2 CLIMATE EMERGENCY ADAPTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURES 5. Climate resilient transportation infrastructures in coastal cities 6. Climate change risks and bridge design 7. Resilience of concrete infrastructures 8. Challenges Around Climate Resilience on Transportation Infrastructures 9. A Worldwide Survey of Concrete Service Life in Various Climate Zones 10. Effect of Global Warming on Chloride Resistance of Concrete: A Case Study of Guangzhou, China PART 3 BUILDING ADAPTATION TO HEAT WAVES AND FLOODS 11. Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heat waves 12. Climate change and building performance - Pervasive role of climate change on residential building behavior in different climates 13. Climate-responsive architectural and urban design strategies for adapting to extreme hot events 14. Resilience of green roofs to climate change 15. Permeable concrete pavements for a climate resilient built environment 16. Building design in the context of climate change and a flood projection for Ankara 17. Amphibious housing as a sustainable flood resilient solution 18. Nature-based Solutions and Sponge City for Urban Water Management
Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Materials science [TGM]
