Sustainable building and built environments to mitigate climate change in the tropics : conceptual and practical approaches /: conceptual and practical approaches. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tri Harso Karyono, Robert Vale, Brenda Vale, editors.
• Editors: Tri Harso Karyono; Vale, Robert (Robert James Dennis); Vale, Brenda
• Contents: Preface; Contents; About the Editors; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Tropics: A Region Defined by Climate; 1 Limiting Climate Change by Limiting CO2; 2 Limits Defined by the Paris Climate Agreement; 3 Climate Change in the Tropics; References; Part I: The Sustainability of the Built Environment; Chapter 2: Climate Change and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Humid Tropic of Indonesia; 1 Introduction; 2 Indonesia as a Tropical Developing Country; 3 Problems of Improving the Wellbeing in the Developing Countries; 4 Climate, Development and Energy Consumption. 5 Mitigating Climate Change Without Sacrificing the Country's Development; References; Chapter 3: Climate Change and the Built Environment in the Tropics -- Is Carbon Enough to Assess Human Impact?; 1 Carbon and Ecological Footprint; 2 Economics and Growth; 3 Limits to Growth; 4 Policies and Footprints; 4.1 Energy; 4.2 Housing; 4.3 Personal Transport; 4.4 Food; 5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Scotland; 1 Introduction; 2 Concepts Underlying the Notion of Adaptation; 3 Different Classes of Indicators; 4 Climate Change as a 'Wicked Problem' 5 The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment Programme (CCRA); 6 The Scottish Climate Change Adaptation Programme (SCCAP); 7 Challenges and Lessons; 8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: The Sustainable Portion of Gross Domestic Product: A Proposed Social Ecological Economic Indicator for Sustainable Economic Development; 1 Introduction; 2 Sustainable Development Goals; 2.1 Environment; 2.2 Society; 2.3 Economy; 3 Sustainability Indicators; 3.1 Economic Indicators; 3.1.1 Gross Domestic Product (GDP); 3.1.2 Adjustment to GDP; 4 Sustainable Portion of GDP (GDPs); 4.1 GDPs Equation. 4.1.1 Ecological Footprint (EF); 4.2 The Main Characteristics of GDPs; 4.2.1 Social-cultural Characteristics; 4.2.2 Environmental Characteristics; 5 Case Study: Otago Central Rail Trail (OCRT); 5.1 Otago Central Rail Trail (OCRT) -- Background; 5.2 OCRT: Ecological Footprint; 5.3 The EF of Sustainable Living; 5.4 The Overshoot Portion of OCRT EF- Energy; 5.5 OCRT: Economic Gross (GDP); 5.6 The Cost of Generating Energy Through Using Renewable Energy Sources; 5.6.1 First Scenario; 5.6.2 Second Scenario; 6 Conclusion; References. Chapter 6: Sustainable Transport: A Comparison of Ecological Footprint and Travel Patterns in Three Cities in Vietnam, New Zealand and Finland; 1 Introduction; 2 Travel Patterns in the Three Cities; 2.1 Mode of Travel; 2.2 Travel Distance; 2.3 Travel by Purpose; 3 Higher Density?; 4 Transport Footprints; 5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Smart Community Energy Systems for Low Carbon Living; 1 Introduction; 2 Autarky Workshop; 3 ORIGIN Project; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Supply Demand Matching; 3.3 Further Work; 4 Conclusions and Discussion; References; Part II: Adapting City for Climate Change.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 720/.47; Environment; Sustainable buildings -- Tropics; Climate change mitigation -- Tropics; ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation; ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments; ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice; ARCHITECTURE -- Reference; Climate change mitigation; Sustainable buildings; Klimaänderung; Bauökologie; Stadtökologie; Klimagerechtes Bauen; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Science -- Environmental Science; Social Science -- Human Geography; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Technology & Engineering -- Power Resources -- General; The environment; Sustainability; Human geography; Civil engineering, surveying & building; Energy technology & engineering; Climatic changes; Sustainable development; Climate change; Tropics; Tropen; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319496016; 3319496018
• Related ISBNs: 9783319496009; 331949600X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 1, 2017).
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