Building for a Changing Climate - 9781844077359

CRC Press

Building for a Changing ClimateThe Challenge for Construction, Planning and Energy\nAuthor(s): Peter F. Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844077359, 978-1844077359\nSynopsis\nThere 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 out. \n\nIn this frank yet pervasively positive book, sustainable architecture guru Peter Smith lays out his vision of how things are likely to .