Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment To 2050 : A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development

✍ Scribed by Connaughton, John; Dixon, Tim; Green, Stuart

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 398
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List ofÂ Contributors
Note onÂ Contributors
Foreword by Sir Terry Farrell
Preface
Acknowledgements
Book Endorsements
Chapter 1 Introduction: Foresight andÂ Futures Studies inÂ Construction andÂ Development
1.1 Background andÂ context
1.2 Sustainable futures inÂ theÂ built environment: some important definitions
1.3 Futures studies inÂ construction: anÂ overview andÂ critique
1.4 Conceptual framework forÂ theÂ book
1.5 Overview ofÂ book
References
Part 1 Sustainability and the Built Environment Chapter 2 Climate Change, Resilience and the Built Environment2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hot inÂ theÂ city: urbanisation andÂ changing urbanÂ climates
2.3 Policies andÂ guidelines inÂ theÂ UK relating toÂ climate change andÂ theÂ built environment
2.4 Climate adaptation options: modelling tomorrowâ#x80
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s buildings today
2.5 New approaches: combining city growth, weather andÂ building energy models
2.6 Prospects andÂ challenges forÂ constructing resilient built environments
2.7 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 3 Sustainability in Real Estate Markets 3.1 Real estate andÂ sustainability3.2 Building environmental assessment methods
3.3 Sustainability risks
3.4 Green value
3.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4 From the â#x80
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Sustainable Communityâ#x80
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to Prosperous People and Places: Inclusive Change in the Built Environment
4.1 Introduction: TheÂ â#x80
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sustainable communityâ#x80
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inÂ crisis
4.2 Sustainable communities: anÂ ambiguous goal inÂ anÂ unsustainable system
4.3 Local perspectives onÂ sustainable and prosperousÂ communities
4.4 Connecting theÂ future andÂ theÂ present 4.5 Building prosperity: re-thinking value and innovation in the built environment4.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5 Smart and Sustainable?: The Future of â#x80
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Future Citiesâ#x80
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5.1 Introduction
5.2 Why is thinking about cities important?
5.3 The evolution andÂ growth ofÂ theÂ future cities discourse: fromÂ garden cities toÂ smart cities
5.4 Being â#x80
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smart andÂ sustainableâ#x80
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: what does it mean forÂ aÂ city?
5.5 Driving forces forÂ smart andÂ sustainable cities
5.6 Smart andÂ sustainable cities inÂ practice
5.7 What is theÂ future forÂ â#x80
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future citiesâ#x80
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? 5.8 Conclusions: opportunities andÂ challenges toÂ 2050References
Chapter 6 Sustainable Infrastructure
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Infrastructure policy
6.3 Key challenges
6.4 Planning forÂ uncertainty
6.5 Infrastructure systems modelling
6.6 Analysing future infrastructure choices: examples fromÂ theÂ energy andÂ solid waste sectors
6.7 Critical uncertainties
6.8 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 7 Sustainable Design of the Built Environment
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The social production ofÂ space, place andÂ environment
7.3 Sustainable community
7.4 Architectural design

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