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Sustainable building and built environments to mitigate climate change in the tropics : conceptual and practical approaches / Tri Harso Karyono, Robert Vale, Brenda Vale, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable buildings--Tropics.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Climate change mitigation--Tropics.
- Climate change mitigation.
- Tropics.
- Physical Description:
- x, 273 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, maps, plans ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Tropics: A Region Defined by Climate / Robert Vale, Brenda Vale
- Part 1: The Sustainability of the Built Environment
- Climate Change and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Humid Tropic of Indonesia / Tri Harso Karyono
- Climate Change and the Built Environment in the Tropics - Is Carbon Enough to Assess Human Impact? / Robert Vale, Brenda Vale, Tran Thuc Han
- Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation: Lessons from Scotland / Susan Roaf, Katherine Beckmann
- The Sustainable Portion of Gross Domestic Product: A Proposed Social Ecological Economic Indicator for Sustainable Economic Development / Abbas Mahravan, Brenda Vale
- Sustainable Transport: A Comparison of Ecological Footprint and Travel Patterns in Three Cities in Vietnam, New Zealand and Finland / Tran Thuc Han, Brenda Vale, Robert Vale
- Smart Community Energy Systems for Low Carbon Living / A. D. Peacock, E. H. Owens, Sue Roaf, D. W. Corne
- Part 2: Adapting City for Climate Change
- Adapting City for Frequent Floods: A Case Study of Jakarta, Indonesia / Tri Harso Karyono, Firmansyah Bachtiar
- STEVE Tool Plug-in for SketchUp: A User-Friendly Microclimatic Mapping Tool for Estate Development / Steve Kardinal Jusuf, Marcel Ignatius, Nyuk Hien Wong, Erna Tan
- Sustainable Fishing Settlement in Muara Angke, North Jakarta / Tri Harso Karyono, Dedi Burhanudin, Benedict Timothi
- Proposed Design of Bicycle Lanes Around Jakarta's East Flood Canal / Diah Anggraini, Sutrisnowati Odang, Iman Mustadjab
- Flood Responsive Design of the Low-Income Settlements in Kampung Melayu, Jakarta, Indonesia / Tri Harso Karyono, Nanda Hidayah Melyan, Siti Yaumilia Salsa, Elinda Fariz
- Part 3: Mitigating Building for Climate Change
- Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of the Development of Ecotourism Through Using Refurbished Buildings as Its Related Accommodation Services / Abbas Mahravan
- Development of JKR/BSEEP Technical Passive Design Guideline for the Malaysian Building / C. K. Tang
- Residential Thermal Comfort in Tropics - Bunker House / C. K. Tang, Aida Elyana
- Advancing Sustainability in the Tropics - The International School of Kuala Lumpur / C. K. Tang, Julian Saw, Aida Elyana
- Part 4: Plants and Low Carbon Emissions
- Plant Selection and Placement Criteria for Landscape Design / Chun Liang Tan, Nyuk Hien Wong, Steve Kardinal Jusuf
- Low Energy Material, High Community Engagement: Ecology of Banana Tree Fibres in Disaster Relief Projects / Mirian Sayuri Vaccari, Lara Leite Barbosa de Senne.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783319496009
- 331949600X
- OCLC:
- 987198725
- Publisher Number:
- 9783319496009
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