Sustainable building and built environments to mitigate climate change in the tropics : conceptual and practical approaches

This book offers a selection of the best papers presented during the International conference on Mitigating and Adapting Built Environments for Climate Change in the Tropics, held at Tanri Abeng University (TAU), Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2015. The book is divided into four main chapters. The first...

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Other Authors Tri Harso Karyono (Editor), Vale, Robert (Editor), Vale, Brenda (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Sustainable buildings > Tropics.
Climate change mitigation > Tropics.
Tropics.
Tropen
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319496016
9783319496009
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of 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.

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