Sustainable Building and Built Environments to Mitigate Climate Change in the Tropics

Sustainable Building and Built Environments to Mitigate Climate Change in the Tropics

Conceptual and Practical Approaches

Karyono, Tri Harso; Vale, Brenda; Vale, Robert

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2017

273

Dura

Inglês

9783319496009

15 a 20 dias

6017


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Part One - The sustainability of the built environment.- Mitigating climate change in the Tropics.- Climate change and the built environment in the tropics - is carbon enough to assess human impact.- Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation: The Scottish Approach.- The sustainable portion of Gross Domestic Product: A proposed Social-Ecological Economic Indicator for Sustainable Economic Development.- Smart Community Energy Systems for Low Carbon Living.- Part Two - Mitigating building for climate change.- Development of JKR/BSEEP Technical Passive Design Guidelines for Malaysian Building Industry.- Creating low carbon building through integrated configuration of folding roof-BIPV in an office building in Surabaya.- Building adaptation for higher ambient temperature.- Advancing Sustainability in the Tropics - The International School of Kuala Lumpur. Part Three - Adapting city for climate change.- Adapting city for frequent floods: A case study of Jakarta, Indonesia.- Holistic method on performing microclimate analyses of an urban area in the Tropics.- Bicycle tracks pattern along the East Jakarta's flood prevented canal.- STEVE Tool Plug-in for SketchUp: a User-friendly Temperature PredictionMapping Tool for Estate Development.- Sustainable fishing settlement in MuaraAngke, North Jakarta.- Adapting the low-income settlements to annual flood in Kampung Melayu, Jakarta.- Part Four - Plants and low carbon emissions.- Low Energy Material, High Impact Community Engagement: Banana Tree Fibers in Disaster Relief Projects.- Plant selection and placement criteria for vertical and rooftop greenery.- Green roofs as a passive cooling strategy in Tehran.
Built Environment in Jakarta;Sustainable Building;Buliding in Tropical Climate;Climate Change Mitigation in the Tropics;Low Energy Building Materials;Carbon Emissions;Ecological Footprint;Green Materials;climate change;climate change impacts;urban geography and urbanism