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Building for a changing climate : the challenge for construction, planning and energy /
There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | There is now a practically universal consensus that our climate is changing rapidly, and as a direct result of human activities. While there is extensive debate about what we can do to mitigate the damage we are causing, it is becoming increasingly clear that a large part of our resources will have to be directed towards adapting to new climatic conditions, with talk of survivability replacing sustainability as the new and most pressing priority. Nowhere is this more evident than in the built environment - the stage on which our most important interactions with climatic conditions are played o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849774390 1849774390 1136546367 9781136546365 1282506005 9781282506008 9786612506000 6612506008 |