Spatial Planning and Climate Change

Spatial Planning and Climate Change

2010 | PDF | 480 pages | 4.1 MB

must develop and implement new approaches.

Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the relationship between our changing climate and spatial planning, and suggest ways of addressing the challenges by taking a longer-sighted approach to our preparation for the future.

This text includes:

an overview of what we know already about future climate change and its impacts, as we attempt both to adapt to these changes and to reduce the emissions which cause them

the role of spatial planning in relation to climate change, offering some theoretical and political explanations for the challenges that planning faces in the coming decades

a review of policy and legislation at international, EU and UK levels in regard to climate change, and the support this gives to the planning system

case studies detailing what responses the UK and the Netherlands have made so far in light of the evidence

ways to help new and existing urban developments to reduce energy use and to adapt to climate change, through strengthening the relationships between urban and rural areas to avoid water shortage, floods or loss of biodiversity.

The authors take an evidence-based look at this hugely important topic, providing a well-illustrated text for spatial planning professionals, politicians and the interested public, as well as a useful reference for postgraduate planning, geography, urban studies, urban design and environmental studies students.

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Architecture in a Climate of Change

Architecture in a Climate of Change

Second Edition

PDF | 192 pages | 6,3 mb

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Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change

Resilient Cities: 

Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change

Proceedings of the Global Forum 2010

617 pages | PDF | 14,4 MB

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Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change

Sue Roaf PhD (Author), David Crichton (Author), Fergus Nicol (Author)

Architectural Press 2/ed (10-2009) | PDF | 400 pages |  12.0Mb

Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change / by Sue Roaf PhD (Author), David Crichton (Author), Fergus Nicol (Author) .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.
• * Fully revised new edition gives practical design suggestions for combating climate change through architecture
• * No nonsense approach from the bestselling author of Ecohouse
• * Full colour throughout to best illustrate design in practice

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Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Architecture in a Climate of Change, Second Edition

Publisher: Architectural Press | edition 2005 | PDF | 192 pages | 6,3 mb

This book is really two publications in one. It contains both a well-researched and dispassionate overview of energy and climate, combined with a thorough account of acheiving energy efficiency in buildings. It is also incredibly up to date...

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Resilient Cities: Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - Proceedings of the Global Forum 2010

"Resilient Cities : Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - 

Proceedings of the Global Forum 2010"
Konrad Otto-Zimmermann,
S,.nger | 2011 | 617 pages | PDF | 14,4 MB

Even with significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, a certain degree of climate change will inevitably occur. Adapting to climate change, then, will become a necessary step in reducing the vulnerability of many regions across the globe. This is especially true for urban areas where climate change has been shown to have particularly destabilizing effects. Through the identification and analysis of the most relevant impacts facing urban areas, this book makes clear the need to incorporate climate change concerns into the mainstream of local planning, governance and policy making practices. Adaptation as a workable concept within urban areas cannot be treated in isolation from the many pre-existing challenges facing cities. By offering numerous examples of ongoing adaptation programs and strategies across a wide range of contexts, the authors show the growing potential of cities in the fight against climate change.

This book has its origins in a collection of papers originally presented at the Resilient Cities 2010 Congress in Bonn, Germany (May 2010), the first global forum on cities and adaptation to climate change, convened by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. In this volume, the first in a new series dedicated to this annual event, a range of contributors bring their perspectives to bear on the most pressing issues and controversies surrounding adaptation to climate change within cities. These writings will prove invaluable to anyone interested in understanding and confronting climate change at the local level.

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Spatial Planning and Climate Change (Natural and Built Environment Series)

Spatial Planning and Climate Change (Natural and Built Environment Series)

Elizabeth Wilson, 

Publisher: Routledge | 2010 | PDF | 480 pages | 4.1 MB

Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the relationship between our changing climate and spatial planning, and suggest ways of addressing the challenges by taking a longer-sighted approach to our preparation for the future.

• an overview of what we know already about future climate change and its impacts, as we attempt both to adapt to these changes and to reduce the emissions which cause them
• the role of spatial planning in relation to climate change, offering some theoretical and political explanations for the challenges that planning faces in the coming decades
• a review of policy and legislation at international, EU and UK levels in regard to climate change, and the support this gives to the planning system
• case studies detailing what responses the UK and the Netherlands have made so far in light of the evidence
• ways to help new and existing urban developments to reduce energy use and to adapt to climate change, through strengthening the relationships between urban and rural areas to avoid water shortage, floods or loss of biodiversity.

The authors take an evidence-based look at this hugely important topic, providing a well-illustrated text for spatial planning professionals, politicians and the interested public, as well as a useful reference for postgraduate planning, geography, urban studies, urban design and environmental studies students.

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