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

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 Environment -- 2.1 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 s buildings today -- 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 sustainability -- 3.2 Building environmental assessment methods -- 3.3 Sustainability risks -- 3.4 Green value -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 From the â Sustainable Communityâ to Prosperous People and Places: Inclusive Change in the Built Environment -- 4.1 Introduction: The â sustainable communityâ in crisis -- 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 environment -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References