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

Content: Intro
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Contents
 List of Contributors
 Note on Contributors
 Foreword by Sir Terry Farrell
 Preface
 Acknowledgements
 Book Endorsements
 Chapter 1 Introduction: Foresight and Futures Studies in Construction and Development
 1.1 Background and context
 1.2 Sustainable futures in the built environment: some important definitions
 1.3 Futures studies in construction: an overview and critique
 1.4 Conceptual framework for the book
 1.5 Overview of book
 References
 Part 1 Sustainability and the Built Environment Chapter 2 Climate Change, Resilience and the Built Environment2.1 Introduction
 2.2 Hot in the city: urbanisation and changing urban climates
 2.3 Policies and guidelines in the UK relating to climate change and the built environment
 2.4 Climate adaptation options: modelling tomorrowâ#x80
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 2.5 New approaches: combining city growth, weather and building energy models
 2.6 Prospects and challenges for constructing resilient built environments
 2.7 Conclusions
 Acknowledgements
 References
 Chapter 3 Sustainability in Real Estate Markets 3.1 Real estate and 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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 to Prosperous People and Places: Inclusive Change in the Built Environment
 4.1 Introduction: The â#x80
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 4.2 Sustainable communities: an ambiguous goal in an unsustainable system
 4.3 Local perspectives on sustainable and prosperous communities
 4.4 Connecting the future and the 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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 5.1 Introduction
 5.2 Why is thinking about cities important?
 5.3 The evolution and growth of the future cities discourse: from garden cities to smart cities
 5.4 Being â#x80
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 5.5 Driving forces for smart and sustainable cities
 5.6 Smart and sustainable cities in practice
 5.7 What is the future for â#x80
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 Chapter 6 Sustainable Infrastructure
 6.1 Introduction
 6.2 Infrastructure policy
 6.3 Key challenges
 6.4 Planning for uncertainty
 6.5 Infrastructure systems modelling
 6.6 Analysing future infrastructure choices: examples from the energy and 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 of space, place and environment
 7.3 Sustainable community
 7.4 Architectural design