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1 online resource |
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Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering |
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Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering.
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Front Cover -- Adapting the Built Environment for Climate Change -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction to adapting the built environment for climate change -- 1.1 Signs of a climate emergency ahead -- 1.2 The irreversible need for the adaptation of the built environment to climate emergency -- 1.3 Outline of the book -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 1 Risk assessment and scenarios of climatic resilience -- 2 A framework for risk assessment -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Principles of risk assessment -- 2.2.1 Definitions for complex risk -- 2.2.2 IPCC risk assessment framework -- 2.3 Risks derived from climate change to cities: hazards and perspectives -- 2.3.1 Direct hazards -- 2.3.1.1 Heat waves and the urban heat island -- 2.3.1.2 Urban flooding -- 2.3.1.3 Droughts -- 2.3.2 Other dynamic hazards -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3 Scenarios for urban resilience-perspective on climate change resilience at the end of the 21st century of a photovoltaic-... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methodology -- 3.2.1 Different scenarios of climate changes -- 3.2.2 The mixed-use energy community -- 3.2.3 Settings of the model in TRNSYS -- 3.3 Results and discussion -- 3.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 4 Urban resilience through green infrastructure -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Key components for sustainable, livable, and resilient cities through green infrastructure -- 4.2.1 Urban ecological resilience -- 4.2.2 Urban water resilience -- 4.2.3 Urban climate resilience -- 4.2.4 Urban social resilience -- 4.3 Access, design, and implementation of green infrastructure -- 4.4 Strategies and policies for building city resilience -- 4.5 Concluding remarks -- References -- 2 Climate emergency adaptation of infrastructures -- 5 Climate-resilient transportation infrastructure in coastal cities |
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5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Climate change resilience of transportation infrastructure -- 5.3 Quantifying resilience to climate change and coastal flooding -- 5.3.1 Assessing present and future coastal flood risk -- 5.3.2 Assessing the consequences of exposure -- 5.4 Achieving climate resilience through adaptation -- 5.4.1 Adaptation decision-making frameworks -- 5.4.2 Scales of adaptation -- 5.4.3 Increasing robustness -- 5.4.4 Increasing rapidity -- 5.4.5 Increasing redundancy -- 5.4.6 Increasing eesourcefulness -- 5.5 Valuing climate resilient infrastructure -- 5.5.1 Adapting equitably -- 5.6 Conclusion and future trends -- References -- Further reading -- 6 Climate change risks and bridge design -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Climate change projections and uncertainties -- 6.3 Climate change risks to bridges -- 6.3.1 Accelerated material degradation -- 6.3.2 Increased long-term deformations -- 6.3.3 Higher local scour rates -- 6.3.4 Additional demands on thermal deformation capacity and higher risk of thermally induced stresses -- 6.3.5 Higher risks from extreme natural events -- 6.4 Design of bridges in a changing climate -- 6.4.1 Stage 1: Importance rating -- 6.4.2 Stage 2: Identification of potential climate change risks -- 6.4.3 Stage 3: Analysis of potential climate change risks -- 6.4.4 Stage 4: Design strategy selection -- 6.4.5 Stage 5: Evaluating the final design -- 6.5 Challenges and research needs -- 6.5.1 Data availability and uncertainty -- 6.5.2 Challenges related to final design evaluation -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Resilience of concrete infrastructures -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Concrete resilience -- 7.3 Resilience -- 7.3.1 Loss model -- 7.3.2 Prolongation of travel -- 7.3.3 Connectivity loss -- 7.3.4 Recovery model -- 7.4 A case study -- 7.4.1 Calculation -- 7.5 Conclusions -- References |
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8 Challenges surounding climate resilience on transportation infrastructures -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Conceptual framework -- 8.3 Literature review -- 8.4 Road transport infrastructure -- 8.5 Railway transport infrastructure -- 8.6 Airport infrastructure -- 8.7 Port infrastructure -- 8.8 Research methodology -- 8.8.1 Issues in seeking to achieve climate resilience -- 8.9 Case studies -- 8.9.1 Europe -- 8.9.2 Asia -- 8.9.3 Africa -- 8.9.4 Latin America -- 8.9.5 North America -- 8.9.6 Australia and New Zealand -- 8.10 Discussion -- 8.11 Conclusion and future direction -- References -- 9 A worldwide survey of concrete service life in various climate zones -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Backgrounds -- 9.3 Climate -- 9.4 Service life prediction -- 9.5 Results -- 9.6 Conclusions -- References -- 10 Effect of global warming on chloride resistance of concrete: a case study of Guangzhou, China -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Temperatures and relative humidity: past and future -- 10.3 Chloride diffusion models -- 10.4 Results and discussion -- 10.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Building adaptation to heat waves, floods -- 11 Resilient cooling of buildings to protect against heatwaves and power outages -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Methodology -- 11.2.1 Data collection -- 11.2.2 Data processing -- 11.2.3 Development of a definition -- 11.2.4 Focus group and follow-up-discussions -- 11.3 Results -- 11.3.1 Resilience against what? -- 11.3.2 Resilience: at which scale? And for how long? -- 11.3.3 Definition of "resilient cooling for buildings" -- 11.4 Discussion -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12 Climate change and building performance: pervasive role of climate change on residential building behavior in different ... -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 Effects of climate change on building behavior: summary results from the literature |
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12.2 Methodology -- 12.2.1 Climate data generator -- 12.2.2 Energy software for dynamic building simulation -- 12.2.3 The case study -- 12.3 Results and discussions -- 12.4 Conclusion -- References -- 13 Climate-responsive architectural and urban design strategies for adapting to extreme hot events -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.1.1 Climate change and extreme hot events -- 13.1.2 Necessary to use climate-responsive design strategies for adapting to extreme hot events -- 13.2 Climate-responsive architectural design strategies for extreme hot events -- 13.2.1 Effectiveness of climate-responsive architectural design strategies in different climates -- 13.2.2 Effectiveness of climate-responsive architectural design strategies in the subtropical climate -- 13.2.3 Shading and ventilation design strategies for buildings in subtropical high-density cities -- 13.3 Urban adaptive design strategies in responding to extreme hot events -- 13.3.1 Effectiveness of cooling materials for mitigating urban heat island -- 13.3.2 Urban geometry design for ventilation and shading -- 13.3.2.1 Urban geometry and ventilation -- 13.3.2.2 Urban geometry and shading -- 13.3.3 Urban greenery design for cooling city -- 13.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Resilience of green roofs to climate change -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.1.1 Built environment and urban transition -- 14.1.2 Nature-based solutions toward circular cities -- 14.2 Green roof as engineered system -- 14.2.1 Green roof classification -- 14.2.2 Green roof layers -- 14.3 Buildup green roof resilience through value -- 14.3.1 Environmental value -- 14.3.1.1 Air quality enhancement -- 14.3.1.2 Carbon sequestration -- 14.3.1.3 Biodiversity promotion -- 14.3.1.4 Stormwater management -- 14.3.1.5 Acoustic insulation and noise reduction -- 14.3.2 Social value -- 14.3.2.1 Esthetic integration |
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14.3.2.2 Well-being and life quality -- 14.3.2.3 Rooftop gardens -- 14.3.3 Economic value -- 14.3.3.1 Life span extension -- 14.3.3.2 Energetic efficiency -- 14.3.3.3 Energy production -- 14.3.3.4 Real-state valorization -- 14.3.3.5 Business development -- 14.4 How to increase green roofs' resilience to water scarcity? -- 14.4.1 Vegetation -- 14.4.2 Substrates -- 14.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 Permeable concrete pavements for a climate change resilient built environment -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Properties of permeable concrete -- 15.2.1 Composition and mix design -- 15.2.2 Pore structure -- 15.2.3 Permeability -- 15.2.4 Strength -- 15.2.5 Durability -- 15.3 Factors controlling the performance of permeable concrete -- 15.3.1 Cement content and water/cement (w/c) ratio -- 15.3.2 Aggregates -- 15.3.3 Additives -- 15.3.4 Chemical admixtures -- 15.3.5 Compaction and placement -- 15.4 Clogging -- 15.4.1 Laboratory studies -- 15.4.2 Field investigations -- 15.4.3 Unclogging maintenance methods -- 15.5 Current state-of-the-art in permeable concrete pavements -- References -- 16 Building design in the context of climate change and a flood projection for Ankara -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Climate change and its effects -- 16.2.1 Climate change effects on buildings -- 16.3 Climate change flood risk analysis and effects on buildings -- 16.4 Case study about a "flood" risk analysis in Ankara -- 16.5 Future trends -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Amphibious housing as a sustainable flood resilient solution: case studies from developed and developing cities -- 17.1 Climate change and flood vulnerability -- 17.2 Research methodology -- 17.3 Adaptive techniques to combat flash floods: a comparative analysis -- 17.4 Amphibious housing: origin and development -- 17.5 Amphibious living: the Dutch experience |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 24, 2023) |
| Subject |
Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction.
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Climate change mitigation.
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Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
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Climate change mitigation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pacheco-Torgal, Fernando
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Goran-Granqvist, Claes
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| ISBN |
9780323953375 |
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0323953379 |
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