Climate change resilience in the urban environment. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tristan Kershaw.
• Authors: Kershaw, Tristan
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: 1. Climate change and its impacts -- 1.1. The greenhouse effect -- 1.2. The historic climate signal -- 1.3. The anthropogenic greenhouse effect -- 1.4. Climate change projections -- 1.5. Climate change impacts 2. Water -- 2.1. Sea level rise -- 2.2. Storm surges -- 2.3. Flooding -- 2.4. Flash flooding -- 2.5. Potential solutions -- 2.6. Conclusions 3. Temperatures -- 3.1. Human physiology -- 3.2. Building physics and possible adaptations -- 3.3. Learning from other architectures -- 3.4. Summary 4. The urban heat island (UHI) -- 4.1. Boundary layer creation -- 4.2. The energetic basis and UHI creation -- 4.3. Weather influence -- 4.4. Implications of the UHI on the built environment -- 4.5. Air quality in cities -- 4.6. Green and blue infrastructure -- 4.7. Thermal effects of green space -- 4.8. Green space implications for city planning -- 4.9. Green building envelopes -- 4.10. Thermal properties of blue space -- 4.11. Thermal effects of blue space -- 4.12. Urban planning for the UHI 5. Weather extremes -- 5.1. Heatwaves -- 5.2. Storms 6. Conclusions -- 6.1. Building resilience -- 6.2. Urban resilience.
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 PDF (various pagings), illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 304.2/091732; Urban ecology (Sociology); City planning -- Climatic factors; Climate change; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change; City planning -- Climatic factors; Urban ecology (Sociology)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750311977; 0750311975; 9780750311991; 0750311991
• Related ISBNs: 9780750311984
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 11, 2018).
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